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Trump’s convention speech previewed the future of fascism
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Trump’s convention speech previewed the future of fascism

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Carl Beijer
Jul 22, 2016
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Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention has provoked the usual – and correct – chorus of concerns over his racist politics. Dara Lind, for example, warns of “the danger Trump’s policies” would pose to “nonwhite bodies and lives”, and argues that his rhetoric was an exercise in “weaponized white fear”.

Crucially, Lind notes …

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