This little introduction to Fascism by a well-respected historian is the best historically based intro to this timely subject that I have found. It is to the point, based on history, and totally chilling. Trump and company are busy killing our democracy and implanting a fascistic regime. Will we ever recover?
Fascists travel on lies and claiming diseases and criminality with undesirables: basic, basic Fascism throughout history. P. IX
Fascists like Hitler associate their enemies and targets to motivate their masses with lies and disease. These assertions rest on the idea that they do not need empirical verification. P. XIII
Trump lied that he won the election then denied his undeniable defeat However, in Trumpworld he was able to make himself out to be a winner, quite amazing but then worked in with his Maggots. The essence of Trumpism is the denial of reality. P. XV
Trumpism is built on the power of lies. P. XV
Misinformation drives Trumpism also. P. XV
Fascism and populism, two different ideologists, combine in our time to foment xenophobia including violence. P. 6
Populism is authoritarian. P 6
Trump fosters a climate of violence. P. 6
In the present, lies again seem increasingly to replace empirical truth. P. 9
Do fascist liars really believe their lies, or do they know they are lying and pulling one over on their gullible followers? Do lackey followers really believe or do they go along with the lies to serve their leader who must do no wrong? P. 12
Fascist lies come from the inner soul of the fascist, intuitive truth, speaking to the gullible masses, like faith statements which only they can espouse. Believing fascist lies is like a faith, which lies beyond reason and evidence. P. 12
Fascists try to upend the world of true and false. P. 12
What the author says about Hitler and the other past fascists is true today in America.
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