Thread by @proustmalone

Michael Parenti: "Fascist doctrines stress one people, one state, one leader. The people are *no longer to be concerned* with class divisions, but must see themselves as part of a harmonious, authoritarian whole, a view that supports the socioeconomic status quo."

https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1320584034330636289

"What distinguished fascism from ordinary right-wing autocracies was the way it attempted to cultivate a revolutionary aura and give the impression of being a mass movement. Fascism offers a beguiling mix of revolutionary sounding mass-appeals and reactionary class politics."

"Fascism is a false revolution. It makes a revolutionary appeal without making an actual revolution. It propagates the widely proclaimed New Order while serving the same old moneyed interests."

Source: Michael Parenti's "Fascism, A False Revolution" lecture in 1996, transcribed here:

dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/fas…

PragerU has grown so accustomed to tossing sophisticated sounding terms together to prey on the less politically versed that it's starting to implode at the slightest pressure from teenagers who know what they're talking about. You truly love to see it. Bravo @GravelInstitute.