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The “Donald Trump and fascism” Wikipedia page was created on 21 September 2024, the same day The Guardian published a 4,000-word essay titled, ‘Is Donald Trump a Fascist?’ – and which is cited as a source in the Wikipedia article.
Contributions from just two editors comprise 91.2% of the ‘Donald Trump and Fascism’ article’s content, suggesting a tightly coordinated effort to control the narrative.
While the ‘Trumpism’ Wikipedia page argues that Trumpism “has significant authoritarian leanings,” describing it as “far-right,” “national-populist,” and “neo-nationalist,” it relies on a source that argues exactly the opposite.
One of the next major citations to the ‘Trumpism’ article that claims that the movement displays “significant authoritarian leaning” is sourced to sociologist Richard Hanmann who was eulogised in 2021 as “a committed leftist, an anti-imperialist, and a true activist-scholar.”
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Wikipedia Editors Officially Deem Trump a Fascist
By Ashley Rindsberg as published by Pirate Wires
The October surprise of this year’s election cycle has, at least so far, appeared in the form of a talking point: Donald Trump is a fascist. This idea has been blasted out by Kamala Harris, the Democratic National Convention (“DNC”) – which recently projected “Trump Praised Hitler” on the wall of Madison Square Garden during the MAGA rally – and Hillary Clinton.
But for months the idea that Trump is a fascist has been quietly seeded on Wikipedia, lending it credence in the face of deep scepticism from the public. This includes an article on ‘Trumpism’, which mentions some variation of “fascism” 31 times, the article on ‘Donald Trump and Fascism’, an article on ‘Fascism in North America’ that includes a dedicated section on “Donald Trump and Fascism,” and an article on the ‘Racial views of Donald Trump’ that includes a comparison to Hitler.
As I’ve documented in previous reporting for Pirate Wires, radical ideologies are laundered by Wikipedia into the mainstream. The key to this is Google, which boosts Wikipedia articles to the top of search results, and often includes a knowledge panel that gives the appearance they’ve been vetted by the search giant, even though they aren’t.
In this case, if you Google “Trump and fascism,” one of the top results will be the article on “Trumpism,” which mentions some variation of the term “fascist” 92 times. In its lead summary, the article states: “Trumpism has significant authoritarian leanings, and is strongly associated with the belief that the President is above the rule of law. It has been referred to as an American political variant of the far-right and the national-populist and neo-nationalist sentiment seen in multiple nations worldwide from the late 2010s to the early 2020s.”
The first source in the article (for the claim that Trumpism is a political movement) is a 2016 article in Scientific American by psychology professors Stephen Reicher and Alexander Haslam. In their article, Reicher and Haslam reference the work of sociologist Theodor Abel, who studied the rise of the Nazis. But what Reicher and Haslam actually wrote in their article makes no comparison between Trump and fascism or Hitler whatsoever. In fact, the source article explicitly states the opposite: “We are not comparing Trump, his supporters or their arguments to the Nazis in any way. Instead, our goal is to expose some problems in the ways that commentators analyse and explain behaviours of which we disapprove.”
Reicher and Haslan’s critique was not of “Trumpism,” but of the media and commentators (and ostensibly, Wikipedia editors) who contort the discourse – particularly by demonising constituencies – to advance political agendas. The authors of the paper cited a Salon.com headline smearing Trump’s supporters as “hideous, disgusting racists,” as an example of how the media does this, in part by making hyperbolic distortions. The very title of their article – “The Politics of Hope: Donald Trump as an Entrepreneur of Identity” – made their position clear. Yet their piece was used by editors of the Wikipedia article to buttress claims that Trumpism is a form of authoritarianism.
One of the next major citations, this one for the claim that the movement displays “significant authoritarian leaning,” is sourced to sociologist Richard Hanmann who was eulogised in 2021 (by the “Marxist sociology blog”) as “a committed leftist, an anti-imperialist, and a true activist-scholar.” This is a pattern across the Wikipedia articles drawing comparisons between Trump and fascism – the citations are often radical leftist or Marxist academics.
One of the most egregious instances of editors laundering far-left sources comes in the Trumpism article, which attempts to re-position the populism associated with Trump as neo-fascism, claiming, “Some commentators have rejected the populist designation for Trumpism and view it instead as part of a trend towards a new form of fascism or neo-fascism.”
The main source for this claim is a 2017 essay by Marxist ecologist John Bellamy Foster – billed as “one of the world’s outstanding radical scholars” (by his own magazine and his personal website) — in the socialist journal he edits, Monthly Review. To publicize the essay, Monthly Review included a blurb by a Marxian economist who argued revealingly that, “By rejecting the term ‘populism’ that is widely used to describe the Trump phenomenon and other similar ones around the globe at present, and using the term ‘neo-fascism’ instead, John Bellamy Foster has done a great theoretical service to the Left.”
The majority of the content on the ‘Trumpism’ page (50.5%) was contributed by a single editor, J JMesserly, who was the editor responsible for arguing that fascism, not populism, is the correct characterisation of the Trump movement. To implement this, J JMesserly removed another editor’s contribution that stated, “Some historians have argued that [characterising Trump as fascist] is an inaccurate use of the term, pointing out that while there are parallels there are also important dissimilarities.” In its place, J JMesserly added the very opposite claim, citing radical scholars to make the point: “Some commentators have rejected the populist designation for Trumpism and instead view it as a new form of fascism, such as Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, Juan Cole, Henry Giroux, Paul Street, Enzo Traverso, Davide Tarizzo and Cornel West.”
The ‘Trumpism’ article links to a separate article called ‘Donald Trump and fascism’, which extensively compares Trump to Hitler. “Trump’s embrace of far-right extremism and several statements and actions have been accused of echoing fascism, Nazi rhetoric, far-right ideology, antisemitism, and white supremacy,” one section of the article asserts, citing the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and Washington Post as sources for these claims. The article prominently features a painting by an otherwise obscure Dutch artist that merges the faces of Trump and Hitler.
The ‘Donald Trump and Fascism’ article was created in the last month – in the thick of the presidential campaign – by a user called Di (they-them). The contributions of Di (they-them) and another user, BootsED, comprise 91.2% of the article’s content. Curiously, the article was created on 21 September 2024, the same day UK left-wing newspaper The Guardian published a 4,000-word essay titled, ‘Is Donald Trump a Fascist?’ – and which is cited as a source in the “Donald Trump and Fascism’ Wikipedia article. The Guardian essay hits many’ of the same points made in its Wikipedia counterpart, and while ithedged by averring that Trump is not literally a fascist, it concludes that he could be “a cause of 21st-century fascism” who “could yet be one of its enablers.”
As the Trump fascism rhetoric continues to rage in advance of the election, it’s likely that more voters will turn to Wikipedia to clarify the matter. And while the seemingly dispassionate statements of alleged fact found in the Wikipedia articles might sway them, what voters will not see are the edit wars waged to get these points on the site – or the radical and Marxist scholarship used to justify them.
Note from The Exposé
When the article above was posted on Twitter, one user replied by sharing a video clip with the comment, “Here’s why Kamala and the Left invoke ‘Hitler’ and ‘fascist’:”
The clip above was taken from G. Edward Griffin’s 1969 lecture titled ‘More Deadly Than War: The Communist Revolution In America’, which was on the communist theory and practice of revolution, particularly as applied to the United States. You can watch the full lecture on Rumble HERE or BitChute HERE.
Justapedia is an ongoing project that began in October 2022, originating with content from Wikipedia. It aims to provide an online encyclopaedia that excludes the political rhetoric that has become pervasive in many Wikipedia articles, in some ways it is correct false claims made by Wikipedia articles. Justapedia states:
“Many of Justapedia’s existing articles originated from Wikipedia, including contentious topic areas where objectivity and neutrality have long since been lost. Volunteers are helping to modify these articles to reflect objective encyclopedic content, making them a better fit with the mission and goals of the Justapedia Foundation.”
Justapedia has removed the left-wing agenda rhetoric from Wikipedia’s ‘Trumpism’ page so that the tone is more informative and neutral. You can read Justapedia’s ‘Trumpism’ page HERE. As one would expect of any reputable online encyclopaedia, Justapedia has not published a page titled ‘Donald Trump and fascism’.
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Trump is the least fascistic leader!. Trump has been in the SERVICE Industry his whole life. Trump always asks: I hope I am doing a good job ?
A merger between the state and private companies in a pseudo free market is fascism. Having a privately owned entity like The Federal Reserve controlling the money supply of the country is fascism. Fake left and fake right are both fascists since both of them use private companies to do things to control the population which they can not do them self. So the father of the “vaccine” and the hag Harris are both fascists and the idiots that keep on voting are fascist supporters too. Since their participation is what’s giving the fascist rulers a right to exist in an illusion of “democracy”.
And if one use Wikipedia one deserves to be mislead.
Hi Benton, you say, “A merger between the state and private companies in a pseudo free market is fascism.”
I believe you could be describing corporatism.
https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm
Whereas fascism, a mid-20th century movement, while varied is characterised by extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the rule of elites, and the desire to create a “people’s community,” in which individual interests would be subordinated to the good of the nation. Also common to fascism was a hatred for other races, in particular the Jews.
However fascism is not easily defined as can be seen in the articles below. But what’s clear is it is a political ideology that belongs to certain groups of people who lived in a particular era. Today, the word “fascist” is over used, and inaccurately – just as “conspiracy theorist” or “far-right” are misused and abused to create an agenda narrative. Although there are genuine neo-fascists who exist today, the Azov Battalion in Ukraine for example, who have held onto the fascist ideologies from pre and during WWII.
My feeling is that “fascism” should be as defined by Benito Mussolini’s politics and ideologies since he coined the term and it was largely his warped ideas that spread to form other fascist movements in Europe.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism
The 14 Characteristics of Fascism by Lawrence Britt
https://osbcontent.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/PC-00466.pdf
The Long, Complicated History of the “14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism.”
https://danielmalmer.medium.com/the-long-complicated-history-of-the-14-defining-characteristics-of-fascism-e366412932f
It doesn’t have to fit their definition in every detail to be fascist or any thing else they have named and defined. No mater which smokescreen of surface layer ruling we can see the real underlying power continue to be the same.
Rhoda,
Correct, Mussolini “coined the term” .
But, aren’t we living in an age where definitions are constantly changing?
Perhaps what Benton advocates is best described as Neo Fascism?
I agree with that.
Hi Islander, changing the meaning of words and making up words is all part of the agenda. I know we’re swimming against the current but we need to try to preserve the meaning of words as best we can because there may be a time that we really need to use them. Unfortunately by then, a lot of these words people may have become desensitised to or confused about.
Fascism is a specific political ideology. What we’re up against is more correctly described as corporatism and/or technocracy. But the way they want to get us there is by making us believe that communism is a good thing through psychological manipulation.
They want us to embrace communism because then psychologically we are ready to accept a totalitarian one world government that controls us through technology. I don’t think fascist tactics will be required. They simply use the words “fascist” and “fascism” to divide and conquer, so we are fighting against each other rather than against them. The same way that they have used “conspiracy theory,” “far right,” “anti-vax,” – its all psychological manipulation on a mass scale using certain words (mantras) and images repeatedly.
On a similar note, think about the psychological power of chanting … repetitive messaging, words and images work in a similar way. Here’s an interesting article that explores the topic:
Chanting: Brainwash, Indoctrination, and Groupthink?
https://skepticmeditations.com/2015/11/15/chanting-brainwash-indoctrination-and-groupthink/
Part of the agenda is bit fascistic with a touch of communism and with some sprinkles of technocratic corporatism on top of that and all this crap together will end up in some totalitarian mishmash.
But all these “isms” are pure creations of our masters and so are the definitions of them. And their definitions are a part of the mental framework they have created for our minds. if we must feel bound to discuss by their rules and definitions and on top of that play by them, then we have already lost.
And the same goes for the English langue which is quite strange with all double or hidden meanings of words. Just like a language of control. So the rabbit hole is probably a lot older and deeper than definitions of politics from the 20th century.
Yes! “they are pure creations…”
Satan’s minions twist everything!
Rhoda, I’ll have a look at that link later.
I agree with what you say, but do remember that all these “isms” are modern man made constructs, the old time writers knew nothing of them.
I believe the word/noun Communism came to be popularised in the mid 19th century; common-ism. You would no doubt be aware that communism is indeed biblical-under God in Christ that is! but, Satan ever apes God’s ways!
And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. Acts 2:44-45.
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed were his own; but they had all things common. Acts 4:32.
Communism!
Little wonder Ananias and Sapphira were struck down for tempting the Spirit of the Lord? Acts 5:9.
Since the advent of satanic communism on the world stage we’ve had a proliferation of isms, more than you can shake a stick at! Marxism, Leninism, Trotskyism, Stalinism…plus all the manifold modern variants. Heck, we now have Trumpism!
Words are important they have meaning in the original tongues-Hebrew and Greek. I believe in the plenary inspiration of Holy Writ-it is from Above.
Good grief… I am a Marxist (of the Marx and Engels variety, the one that basically and fundamentally explains the process of production and accummulation prompted by «Capital»i and I consider that calling Trump a «fascist» is a dangerous banalization of the term «Fascism»… Just like the banalization of the vulgar use of the term «Marxsm»… As Karl Marx once commented, «if that is “Marxism”, one thing is certain: I am not a Marxist»…
https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=247876
BBC is good at making excuses.
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