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One of the issues the left always has, well, issues with is the hagiography of its own agency. When revolution or radical reform happens, the left sees itself as the
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I think Eric's right that "the whole point" of that side of the fascism argument is "its polemical utility." Which explains the ferocity of those who argue against my side
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A thread on Hannah Arendt and how different her approach to fascism was from that of today's analysts. 2/ In dealing with the question of fascism and Nazism and totalitarianism,
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Matt's comparison is apt: people thought Trump was just waiting for an emergency/crisis like this, and he completely squandered it. I'll add that Bush managed to use his crisis to
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I should add that THOUGH THIS NEEDN'T BE THE CASE, one of the big problems of the fascism discourse, because it is so focused on things like right-wing populism and
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One of the things that makes me hopeful, longterm, is that this analysis, which several of us were pushing from the beginning of Trump's regime (and before that, in fact),
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Barack Obama: "My predecessor, who I disagreed with on a whole host of issues, still had a basic regard for the rule of law." Obama is right, but perhaps not
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