Thread by @JuliusGoat

Fascists prefer lies to truth.

Believing a lie is preferable to believing a truth, if what you want is to dominate—the only fascist principle.

So they believe lies.

https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1359460112226676742

Believing a lie menaces those who care about truth, and it pleases fascists to menace others.

And: a lie gives a fascist something to force others to believe; a way to demonstrate they control not just their own reality, but that of others.

So: fascists prefer to believe lies.

A person who lives according to a truth you've told may have been persuaded by truth, not you.

But to force a person to live according to your lie means you have dominated them

The right to dictate reality is a fascist’s wage.

So: fascists prefer to believe lies.

They don't love Trump so much because he lies well. All their leaders who came before lied well. They love him because he lies badly. The more blatant and constant his lies, the more they love him.

Lies are virtue to fascists.

American fascists have no desire to return to the days of skillful liars.

A person living by a lie skillfully told may have been fooled by the skill.

But to force a person to live according to an obvious lie means you have dominated them.

So: fascists prefer obvious lies.

*Just* a means to an end? No. They serve as an end in themselves.

But they are *also* a means to an end, to an even greater domination, which is murder. And, like lies and hypocrisy and all other fascist virtues, the more obvious the murder, the better.

https://twitter.com/an_horned_cat/status/1359473965081706500?s=20