Editing Michael Moore (section)

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In October 2016, Moore criticized [[Julian Assange]] and [[WikiLeaks]] for publishing [[2016 Democratic National Committee email leak|leaks from the DNC's emails]], saying: "I think WikiLeaks and I think Assange, they're essentially anarchists and they know, just like a lot of people voting for Trump know, that he's their human Molotov cocktail and they want to blow up the system. It's an anarchic move."<ref>"[http://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-and-michael-moore-turn-on-julian-assange-i-feel-like-hes-drifted Bill Maher and Michael Moore Turn on Julian Assange: 'I Feel Like He's Drifted'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613004423/http://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-and-michael-moore-turn-on-julian-assange-i-feel-like-hes-drifted |date=June 13, 2017 }}". ''[[The Daily Beast]]''. October 29, 2016.</ref>

In November 2016, right after [[Donald Trump]] was elected President of the United States, and inspired by [[Bertram Gross]]'s 1980 book, ''[[Friendly Fascism (book)|Friendly Fascism]]'', Moore reportedly stated: "The next wave of fascists will not come with [[cattle cars]] and [[Internment|concentration camps]], but they'll come with a [[smiley]] face and maybe a TV show ... That's how the 21st-century fascists will essentially take over."<ref name="HP-20161114">{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Jacobs |date=November 14, 2016 |title=Michael Moore: Fascists Now Come With 'A Smiley Face And Maybe A TV Show' |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-donald-trump_us_5829c5bce4b02d21bbc97cab |access-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-date=March 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314065247/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-donald-trump_us_5829c5bce4b02d21bbc97cab |url-status=live }}</ref>