🔑Stanley: Fascism is a way of seizing power that uses a particular style of propaganda. If we only think of fascism as a type of govt or an ideology, we may recognize it too late—AFTER it’s transformed our political system. The goal is to stop fascism BEFORE it becomes a regime.
https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1355184093013667843
"You can have a regime that's a democracy…but if you have massive racial injustice & massive inequality, then you’re going to have fascist social & political forces…to deal w/ potential uprisings from its impoverished minority neighborhoods that protect its fancy neighborhoods" 
Prof Jason Stanley: Fascism is usually a cult of the leader who promises national restoration in the face of supposed humiliation by immigrants, minorities & leftists.… So we need to think about fascist tactics & all the background conditions that make these tactics effective.
"Nostalgia is an emotion. If you’re feeling anxious & somebody can convince you that your anxiety & fear & instability is due to the fact that you’ve lost something…something was taken from you, and that you once got respect for, say, just being a white guy…that’s powerful."
MAGA is the perfect fascist pitch & hoodwink. It captures the toxic power of nostalgia while defining problems in a way that they could never be solved. So Trump voters were always condemned to live in disappointment, which keeps that wheel of resentment spinning, @seanilling.
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