Fascism in America
Comparative Analysis of Fascist & Anti-Fascist Traits Between Trump vs. Biden Administrations
The word FASCISM is thrown around a lot in American politics. Fascism under Mussolini's Italy was a state-organized economy integrating employers, workers, and state officials into government-directed syndicates that collectively managed economic activity at the national level. This system aimed to harmonize class interests and suppress independent labor or business activity by subordinating all economic groups to state authority, effectively eliminating free-market competition while maintaining private property in name. The fascist corporatist model was top-down, with the state dictating the interests and coordination of each sector, ensuring that all economic and social activity served the goals of the centralized, authoritarian state rather than individual or group autonomy. Fascism was also marked by one-party rule, censorship, control over elections, persecuting political opponents, a militarized police force, domestic surveillance, and charismatic leadership. Let’s compare how the current and previous administrations rated in the various fascist traits.
🔑 Key to Icons
✅ Anti-fascist (pluralism, democratic, liberty-enhancing)
⚠️ Soft fascist tendency (mixed or ambiguous, partial authoritarian traits)
❌ Fascist tendency (centralized control, suppression of opposition, authoritarian)
📋 Summary
Trump administration shows predominantly anti-fascist traits, including democratic primaries, smaller government, deregulation promoting economic liberty, limited censorship, efforts toward peace in foreign policy, and respect for individual freedom. Some areas show soft fascist tendencies, especially around health mandates and law enforcement actions, but are largely consistent with American policies from previous administrations.
Biden administration exhibits multiple fascist tendencies such as centralized party control, judicial weaponization, regulatory capture favoring corporate interests, extensive censorship, militarized law enforcement, expansive executive authority, and emphasis on collective good while restricting individual freedoms.
To be clear, fascism is NOT:
Enforcing long-standing Congressionally-passed laws and Supreme Court decisions regarding immigration, anti-discrimination, financial reporting, regulation, rioting, equal protection, etc.
Disagreeing with district court decisions and appealing them.
Uncovering and opposing electoral fraud.
Shrinking the federal workforce and reducing the power of regulatory agencies.
Seeking peace negotiations and withdrawing military support from foreign conflicts.
Those things are all anti-fascist.
Real fascism includes actions such as:
Seeking single-party rule by importing socialist immigrants and distributing them around the country to swing districts.
Shutting down all mom-and-pop businesses and directing economic activity entirely to party-aligned mega-corporations such as Walmart and Amazon.
Providing grants, loans, and privileges to politically aligned mega-corps.
Criminally prosecuting political opponents on trumped-up charges and raiding their residences on bogus warrants.
Using top-down appointment of political officials and candidates, avoiding democratic mechanisms.
Co-opting, threatening, or partnering with mainstream media and social media companies to control all information and censor unwanted speech under the gas-lit term "misinformation".
Mandating personal health choices by fiat executive orders.
Vast expansion of domestic surveillance powers for monitoring political enemies.
Fascism does not always announce itself with jackboots and parades. It can emerge through bureaucracy, “emergency” language, and procedural erosion, while still claiming the mantle of democracy. The Biden administration’s policies functionally built infrastructure for one-party dominance and centralized totalitarian control. The style is technocratic, but the structure enables authoritarian permanence. The tools are digital, regulatory, and procedural, rather than violent or militaristic — but no less effective.
The Trump administration has spent its first few months trying to dismantle the framework of fascism in America. And, ironically, these actions have been maligned by the leftist media as fascist.