The People Vs. the New Aristocrats: Populism Is Messy and Hopeful, Progressivism Tidy, Silent, and Afraid

<![CDATA[If Trump were Hitler, America would be unrecognizable. Rivals would vanish into prisons, courts would echo only his voice, and newspapers would print nothing but praise. Crowds would swear oaths, not wave flags, and dissent would end in silence, not jokes on late-night TV. Borders would mark racial purity, not national policy. Armies would march for conquest, and every institution would kneel. This is the dark fairy tale the left tells — that populism is fascism in waiting and Trump its would-be Führer.]]>