This post is a couple of years old now, so it is framed on Ron DeSantis who was at the time struggling to launch his campaign to be the Republican candidate for 2024.
Ronald was supposed to be that great man of myth and legend, the darkest fear of the left and deepest dream of the right: the Competent Fascist. The Smart Trump. The one who deeply understood the system and thus could manipulate it to his liking. The one who really and truly did play 5D chess while the rest of us dinked around with checkers.
Catherynne M. Valente
There’s No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist (Welcome to Garbagetown)
Scott Boehmer 