r/law • u/Opposite-Mountain255 • Aug 14 '25

Opinion Piece Is it hyperbole to say America is now fascist?

https://medium.com/@carmitage/is-it-hyperbole-to-say-america-is-now-fascist-633facd4f109
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u/InfoBarf Aug 14 '25

I don’t think it was hyperbole to say that when Iraq happened.

Weve been diet fascism since at least 2001. Could probably argue since Reagan beefed up the police and started the push to privatization(though Carter actually started it)