A common reactions I get when I tell people I study fascism is, "oh, do you study far-left authoritarianism too ACCUSATORY GLARE" There's a lot to unpack there, but let's start here: "Oh, you study cancer? Do you study heart disease too, or are you just a big hypocrite?"
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Fascism is fundamentally different. There is no ideology. There is no consistent thought. There is no significant body of work Fascism does not believe in truth or falsehood. It believes in whatever brings it to power and allows the in-group to triumph
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It's a sort of intellectual virus that erodes the adherent's ability to think and to perceive the world And I think that's fascinating
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Final thought: of "I study fascism" feels like a personal attack, it might be worth meditating on why that's the case
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