Ben and Stefan discuss what we are actually arguing about when we argue about whether Trumpism is fascism. Read Ben's essay here: https://benburgis.substack.com/p/fascism-and-conceptual-analysis ...and subscribe to the Substack: https://benburgis.substack.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8DvjlEPOzE

Economics professor, economist for “Current Affairs” (https://twitter.com/curaffairs), and author Rob Larson (https://twitter.com/IronicProfessor); professor of political science at Brown University, writer, and author Alexander Gourevitch (https://twitter.com/alexgourevitch) (https://www.alexgourevitch.org/); and history professor at Princeton University, writer, and author Matt Karp (https://twitter.com/karpmj) join Ben Burgis on Episode 16 of Give Them An Argument. In this clip, they discuss the Civil War–era Republican Party and its philosophies in relation to labor, wealth, capital, and markets. The central question is what ideals we can gather that President Abraham Lincoln embraced and how we would label them today. Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get early access to every episode as well as a weekly bonus episode and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats. Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA Visit benburgis.com Photo Credit, Marx Statue: Flickr user monoceros84 https://www.flickr.com/photos/monoceros84/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode Image has been cropped and color has been altered. Photo Credit: William Pei Yuan via Wikimedia Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode Image has been cropped and color and image have been altered. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y16h7gTBCc4