Florida Is Ahead of the Fascist Curve

Governor Ron DeSantis' brutal new protest legislation could set a precedent for the entire country.

So much of the American myth is built on cars. The linking of American exceptionalism and individualism to the postwar boom of personal transportation in the 1950s isn’t a new idea, but it’s a useful one to keep in mind when thinking about how the right has internalized, and weaponized, this myth to literally run over protesters in the streets over 66 t…