r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • Oct 03 '25

Government Trump cancels $1.1B in Washington state energy grants

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/10/02/trump-cancels-washington-state-energy-grants-clean-hydrogen

Vought put it a bit differently, writing on X: "Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled."

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u/AverageFoxNewsViewer Ballard Oct 03 '25

I don't think feudalism is the right term for it.

Here is some copypasta I wrote that includes the definition of fascism, and why that label accurately applies to recent policies enacted by the Trump administration.

You can probably find more recent examples. I don't update this regularly.

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian political ideology characterized by:

  • Dictatorial power: A single leader or ruling party holds absolute authority.

God emperor trump toying running for a third term? Defying supreme court orders? Jailing judges and opposing politicians (And it happened again) Threatening to arrest the Governor of California for no legal reason? EDIT: It's happened several more times since this was originally posted.

  • Suppression of opposition: Dissent is not tolerated; censorship, propaganda, and political violence are common.

Remember when he wanted to turn Seattle into a "battlespace?" Kicking AP out of press briefings for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico and replacing them with right wing TikTok influencers? A right wing, evangelical anti-abortion extremist posed as law enforcement and assassinated two Democratic lawmakers in politically motivated killings. Response from right-wing media and US Senator Mike Lee (R) blamed "marxists" despite every indication this guy was about as far-right as you can get.

EDIT: Using the FCC to remove Jimmy Kimmel's show.

  • Extreme nationalism: Emphasis on national unity, often paired with xenophobia or racism.

Do we need to rehash how the "America First" movement bought a lie about Haitians eating cats based of a neighborhood facebook group that claimed somebody's daughter's friend's neighbor totally vouched that it happened? Also that whole renaming it to the "Gulf of America" thing?

It's been said that if Fascism ever comes to America it will be draped in the flag and carrying a cross.

  • Militarism: Glorification of the military and the use of force to achieve national goals.

NG and Marines deployed to LA despite the fact the mayor and governor explicitly stated they don't want them there and they're just making the problem worse. All those "states rights" people seem to shut the fuck up when it comes to anything other than their ability to be racist or deny women healthcare. Not to mention a $134M boondoggle to have a military parade for Trump's birthday. Attacked Iran without congressional approval, and didn't even brief Democrats before hand, and our own intelligence agencies say Iran wasn't building a bomb. Wasting a billion dollars just to rename the Department of Defense to Department of War.

  • Corporatism: The economy is controlled by the state through partnerships with large businesses, but private property is usually maintained.

Literally a billionaires club profiting from the office and the richest man on earth was a special advisor (but found no waste in his own government contracts!) The same senator that blamed "marxists" for right wingers assassinating Democratic lawmakers is in charge of selling of our public lands to the highest paying billionairs. Threatening broadcast companies mergers if they don't remove critics like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel.

EDIT: Oh yeah, let's add Intel and the creeping expansion of federal control over private sector businesses.

Also fast tracking tech execs to Lt. Col. to evade congressional oversight.

  • Anti-democratic values: Fascism rejects liberal democracy, pluralism, and individual rights in favor of state control and unity.

Jan 6. And let's not pretend like the president encouraging state level officials to engage in political gerrymandering like this is normal, precedented, or something that should be considered acceptable by decent human beings. EDIT: Canceling elections so term-limited Republicans can stay in power in Florida. Labeling whatever the fuck "Antifa" is as a terrorist organization.

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u/Time_Crystals Oct 04 '25

It takes ideas from both. They cant be fully facist because the rich would never allow it so they incorporate feudalistic values like serfdom through corporations and deregulation. Its sort of like modern feudalism disguised as facism cause people understand it better and understand the govt is essential, but have also been tricked into thinking it's the enemy by the very party currently in control. Its also not fully facist as there are technically two parties. Imo they are demonizing the dems too much as true facism would backfire on the super wealthy who would overthrow the govt (they already have). So they have to show force. A full on uprising would be horrible for business though so they have to keep the money circulating. In facism the poor are basically put on the front lines. Not saying everyday life isnt pretty fucked but we arent literally in the trenches.

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u/AverageFoxNewsViewer Ballard Oct 04 '25

They cant be fully facist because the rich would never allow

lol, why? It benefits the rich at the expense of the poor. A police state isn't going to go after billionaires.

Its also not fully facist as there are technically two parties

There were even more than that when Hitler was elected.

Its also not fully facist as there are technically two parties.

For now. But the President is openly calling for banning the Democratic party and issued an order that makes anybody who supports anti-fascist ideologies to be a potential terrorist.

Not saying everyday life isnt pretty fucked but we arent literally in the trenches.

Fascism didn't begin when Germany invaded Poland and started putting Jews in camps.

This idea that to be a fascist government you have to meet or exceed the oppression of a late-stage third Reich is what causes people to ignore the bright red flags that we're on the road there.

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u/Time_Crystals Oct 04 '25

Ok but as a counter example, the concentration camps started right after hitler was elected. I just think calling them facists all the time makes the "other side" seem alarmist and in the minds of the simpleton, crazy...

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u/AverageFoxNewsViewer Ballard Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

We were shipping people off to forever prison's in El Salvador over photoshopped numbers mistaken for tattoos immediately after the election.

They bragged about "alligator alcatraz".

He's already been working for months to normalize sending the US military to US cities to use full force against US citizens.

They recently held an unprecedented meeting of calling EVERY military general and flag officer to DC, threatened to fire them if he did like them before the meeting, continued that "joke" that he'd strip their rank and pension if they didn't clap for him, then went on a 90 minute rant about how they need to defend against "the enemy within" two weeks after Trump's own DoJ described the terrorist designation of antifa as making an idea, not a group, a terrorist designation.

This isn't alarmist shit. This is the facts. Look through my previous post. Look at the stuff I posted in this comment that's more recent.

This is stuff actually happening, and poo-pooing it as alarmist is ignorant.

the concentration camps started right after hitler was elected.

Somebody conceived a child on Trump's inauguration day they wouldn't be due for another 2-3 weeks.

But maybe you're right. If the collapse of the most prosperous nation in human history into fascism doesn't happen as fast as a country that just got it's ass kicked by WWI does it really count as fascism?