Chomsky: Republican neoliberal proto-fascism

From this interview. I'd add that the last part, with their increased voter suppression laws and Twitler figurehead, is changing right before our eyes into that fully fascist description. That is, if we don't have naive blinders. And if we don't eliminate the filibuster and enact the For the People Act. Chomsky:

"The term 'neoliberal proto-fascism' captures well both the features of the current party and the distinction from the fascism of the past. The commitment to the most brutal form of neoliberalism is apparent in the legislative record, crucially the subordination of the party to private capital, the inverse of classic fascism. But the fascist symptoms are there, including extreme racism, violence, worship of the leader (sent by God, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo), immersion in a world of 'alternative facts' and a frenzy of irrationality. Also in other ways, such as the extraordinary efforts in Republican-run states to suppress teaching in schools that doesn’t conform to their white supremacist doctrines. [...] What’s missing from 'proto-fascism' is the ideology: state control of the social order, including the business classes, and party control of the state with the maximal leader in charge. That could change."