TRUMP'S "EROTIC AESTHETICS OF FASCISM," OR WHAT TYPE OF ASSHOlE IS HE?

Aaron James, Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump (New York: Doubleday, 2016) ("We are not asking whether Trump is, in fact, an asshole. On this much there seems to be a broad consensus. (Can you think of a better one-word name for him?) Indeed, to many of his supporters, this may be his primary selling point." "The question, instead, is what kind of asshole could pull off such a feat so spectacularly, which is to say, it is a question of assholeology. Among the many species in the asshole ecosystem, what exactly is Trump's type? And should it, or should it not qualify him for high office?" Id. at 3-4. "When Trump say the chaotic rally scene is 'beautiful.' he doesn't mean the beauty of democratic protest, of the rule of reason over violence. He seems to be invoking the erotic aesthetics of fascism, the arousing sensual excitement of mass unity in the hatred of others and the worship of the supposedly glorious past. To me, it is the modern  version of execution for public entertainment; it is the dynamic  of crowds ad power that, with the help of technology, made the twentieth century the bloodiest in human history." Id. at 89.).