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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Yes, polls matter even if Trump suppresses the vote or goes for a full power grab. From my piece on how 21st century fascism is “democratic” due to the need for more buy in.

Fascism, as a form of authoritarianism, is ultimately about centralizing power.
Yes, it seizes power through democratic means, but it is those very means that make centralizing power very difficult to maintain in the long term.
Since fascism depends on buy in and participation from many groups, it will require continued investment by almost all of those groups to maintain its power. As we can see in the United States, that was made possible by the slimmest of majorities in the election, and ultimately was more due to the weakness of the opposition than the strength of the fascist cult.

But fascism also is built on inherent premise of betraying its coalition. Its promises to the Black and Hispanic men, to white women, to the Orthodox Jewish community, to legal immigrants, and to many others all have an expiration date. At some point, the fascists will no longer even pretend to care for these groups and will instead outwardly victimize them.
As the betrayal of these groups spreads, so too is the very coalition necessary to keep the right in power.

Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social

Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Contd:

Fascism may win power, but it cannot hold it easily. It is fragile in three ways: its coalitions are built on betrayal, its control of information is always incomplete, and its structure resists adaptability.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

And finally:

It is hard to overstate the power that we will have during the coming fascist age.
A power that has been largely overlooked by people who have been fearing the age as harkening back to the 1930s. Yes, the ideology of 1930s fascism is alive and well, but the mechanism has changed. The difference between being able to seize media and transform the narrative quickly and requiring participatory platforms in order to maintain power is massive.

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