1. I was reading (Lord knows why) Wyndham Lewis' "Left-Wing Over Europe" (1936) a philo-fascist tract arguing on "anti-war" grounds for appeasement & was struck by how much it anticipates ideology of contemporary right-wing populist/nationalists of the Bannon ilk.
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2. In making the case for appeasing fascism, Lewis argues democracy vs. dictatorship is a non-issue & real divide is between internationalist "super-state" & national sovereigntypic.twitter.com/219zgBbcXr
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3. Lewis division of the world into nationalists versus internationalists, the later of who are advocating wars in order to foment liberal/radical social change, strikingly prefigures a lot of anti "globalists" chatter of contemporary right.pic.twitter.com/1zYxNmFqGr
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Replying to @HeerJeet
But weren't the "Iinternationalists" just a dog whistle for Jews and communists?
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Replying to @Komrad_Iron
sure, just like "globalists" now.
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