PART 2 OF 3

Why Fascism ALWAYS Fails — Pt. II

Trumpist fascism will inevitably fail no matter how much chaos and violence it unleashes on America first.

Dash MacIntyre
7 min readJul 16, 2024

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Read Part 1 here!

Why Democracies Are Better Than Autocracies

The pleasant thing about liberal democracy is that when there’s a gulf between the promises of leadership and the results of their efforts, free speech and voting allow a nation to try something or someone new before the wounded, ambitious leader can double-down and triple-down on their failures.

The numerous checks and balances foundationally designed into constitutional democracies, along with the legal requirement of at least a plurality of public approval, mean that democracies are much more institutionally protected from psychopaths than countries with violent regime change. Donald Trump is an admitted wannabe dictator who did in fact attempt an insurrectionist coup but, fortunately, America’s government is democratic enough that his most corrupt instincts and desires were curbed just enough for the transfer of power to happen. A second Trump term would obviously test American institutions much further, although — sadistic political violence from his underlings or frightened beta submissiveness…

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Dash MacIntyre

Comedian, political satirist, and poet. Created The Halfway Post. Check out my comedy book Satire In The Trump Years, and my poetry book Cabaret No Stare.