Libertarian Fascism

It is difficult for foreign observers to analyze the recent events at the Capitol. We Americans are an inventive people, not easily understood by those not raised here. We are complex in a surreal sense, endowed with a native pathos that expresses itself in wildly divergent, not necessarily rational forms. Take the recent, populist embrace of libertarianism for example. Prominent among the insignias and emblems displayed at the recent "insurrection" is the Gadsen flag, whose motto "don't tread on me" encapsulates the sentiment of many who "love their country, but fear their government". Mostly they fear the government will take their guns and impose taxes or other regulations. This is why it is hard to square this patriot tea party ethos with fascism, to conflate the two as some are wont to do. Certainly there is an element of ultra-nationalism in this dumbned-down libertarianism, but again, Americanism is a uniqely incohate ativistic assemblage, one Mussolini would not recognize. This Gadsen flag waves next to confederate, US and Trump flags, and the class assemblage is just as varied, with those owning Subaru dealerships marching alongside plumbers and Uber drivers. The truly hard-core militia types would bristle at the suggestion they are fascist in the same way Democrats bristle at being called socialists. It is they who are defending our constitutional republic, freedom, liberty, etc..But such liberal sentiments have often driven the shock troops of fascism through misrecognition, propaganda and political illiteracy. Which are symptoms of purposeful neglect by a ruling power elite which prefers weak citizens in the same way they prefer weak, de-stabilized states. It is when those weak states or citizens suddenly "fail" ( which is practically every instance) that those same elites cry out in shock and alarm. For my part, I prefer having things out in the open, exposed to the light. I would rather know the actual extent of these dark, if clownish and incohate, forces and for that we have The Donald to thank once again.