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You have a media environment in which Trump is very cleverly not at all like a charlatan — behaving exactly like any fascist would, claiming the other side is the democratic threat and being extremely open about his intentions. He’s going to replace everyone in the government-by-loyalists. He’s going to target the universities, the schools. This process is called gleichschaltung in the literature on Nazi Germany, where every organization, every government institution turns loyalist-like and is transformed. Their employees are replaced by people loyal to the leader and loyal to the party. And Trump has already announced he’s going to do this. So he’s already announced a full fascist plan.

— Jason Stanley on Gleichschaltung

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "You have a media environment in which Trump is very cleverly not at all like a charlatan — behaving exactly like any fascist would, claiming the other side is the democratic threat and being extremely open about his intentions. He’s going to replace everyone in the government-by-loyalists. He’s going to target the universities, the schools. This process is called gleichschaltung in the literature on Nazi Germany, where every organization, every government institution turns loyalist-like and is transformed. Their employees are replaced by people loyal to the leader and loyal to the party. And Trump has already announced he’s going to do this. So he’s already announced a full fascist plan." in the context of "Jason Stanley, as quoted in interview by Scott Harris: "If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One" Between The Lines (17 January 2024)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jason Stanley

About Jason Stanley

Jason Stanley (born 1969) is an American philosopher, teacher, and writer. He serves as the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University.