That's not how I interpret it.
It's against authoritarian rule, and the necessary destruction of any ability to criticize the tenets behind the rule. This applies as much to fascism as to Communism, and both plutocracy and military dictatorship.
Trump stands for a pervasive mindlessness in American life that will at best fossilize America and at worst bring rot. He may not be as bad as Nazis or the Khmer Rouge, but any irreversible step toward either is one that wise people do not make.
It's against authoritarian rule, and the necessary destruction of any ability to criticize the tenets behind the rule. This applies as much to fascism as to Communism, and both plutocracy and military dictatorship.
Trump stands for a pervasive mindlessness in American life that will at best fossilize America and at worst bring rot. He may not be as bad as Nazis or the Khmer Rouge, but any irreversible step toward either is one that wise people do not make.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.