The motto of the Republican National Convention was "Country First." Some people online are pointing out that this bears a resemblance to the name of the "America First" anti-war movement during World War Two, a movement that attracted Nazi and Fascist sympathizers. Indeed, America First's most prominent spokesman was known Hitler admirer Charles Lindburgh.

Moreover, the idea that a person's nation should come before everything else—that is, that the needs of the people should be essentially subordinate to the needs of the state—is a cornerstone of Fascist ideology. As Jim Henley points out, "There ought to be a fairly large number of people, things and groups that are more important to you than your 'country.'"

Not to mention that rows of pasty white men with crew cuts throwing their hands in the air and chanting the name of their country, as we saw at the RNC, has certain, shall we say, precedents.