A growing number of Americans are expressing their reluctant but firm support for a "brief and temporary" period of fascism. This short-term, top-down, authoritarian approach, supporters argue, is a necessary evil to finally get the country back on track, at which point all the fascism can be neatly packed away.
The sentiment is most clearly articulated in "Project 2025," the detailed and ambitious 920-page governing blueprint prepared by the Heritage Foundation. The project, described by its authors as a "battle plan," outlines the systematic dismantling of the current administrative state. It calls for the immediate centralization of power within the executive branch, a purge of federal employees deemed disloyal through the revival of "Schedule F," and the shuttering of key agencies, including parts of the FBI and the Department of Education.
Political architects of the plan argue that for the nation to be saved, the "post-constitutional" administrative state must be brought to heel. This requires a leader prepared to act as an American Caesar by wielding the full force of executive authority on day one, a move framed not as an overreach but as a restoration of presidential power. The goal, according to the plan's "Mandate for Leadership," is to deconstruct a system that its proponents believe has been weaponized by their political opponents.
The strategy further relies on the public statements of President Donald Trump, who has promised to act as "retribution" for his supporters and has openly admired the efficiency of authoritarian leaders, like Vladir Putin. Political analysts note that such rhetoric aligns perfectly with the project's goal of using executive orders and loyalist appointees to bypass congressional or democratic processes, viewing them as a "drag" on a clear and popular vision.
Supporters of the plan are quick to emphasize that these measures are not an end in themselves, but a means to restore a specific vision of America. The authors of Project 2025 explicitly state their goal is to re-infuse government with a more traditional, Christian worldview, which they argue is the only way to return the country to its original promise.
As the nation stands at a pivotal crossroads, the proposal presents a clear choice: a swift, decisive "reset" to root out what proponents see as entrenched corruption and cultural decay. If that reset requires a brief, orderly, and iron-fisted period of centralized rule, that is simply the price of making America great again. Permanently.
