Just to keep things straight, we can go back to Ayn Rand’s very useful distinction between fascism and socialism, which is that in the context of both being highly statist philosophies, there is no difference. Both are against individual property rights. However, she pointed out this difference. The socialists advocate collective (state) ownership and control of property, while the fascists allow the retention of titular (de jure) individual ownership but decimate property rights through state control (de facto). In these terms, Trump is reducing the fascism in American government by his deregulation efforts (ceteris paribus). See here for a summary. … Continue reading Trump Reducing Fascism, Democrats Increasing Fascism and Socialism