When The Socialism Is National And The Faith Is Bad
Equating the most vile political movement of the 20th century with an ideology bound and determined to protect human beings from capitalist excesses and exploitation is as bad as the faith gets.
Fascism and Bad Faith
Fascism's False Promise of Revolution
The fascist call for revolution is, by default, in bad faith.
The Legitimation of Violence Should Scare Us All
Violence has and always will be a central part of any successful fascist movement, largely because intimidation is necessary when such a small portion of the population supports your hideous policy goals, as much as those exist in a fascist movement.
The Unstoppable Incoherence of Fascism
This is the second in a series analyzing The Anatomy of Fascism. Click here to read Part One.
Our sixth grade class election was a bitter affair.
It pitted a bookish girl named Beth against my buddy Kevin, a jovial, popular class clown who surprised us all when he answered
Fascism: An Expression of Gut-Wrenching Fear
I’m halfway through Robert O. Paxton’s The Anatomy of Fascism and I take no pleasure in reporting the United States is checking a lot of fascist boxes.
Too many. Way too many.
Sometimes I find myself squirming in my seat as I read the timely tome, hoping – praying
The Conditioning Of The American Right
The funniest part of Tucker Carlson going all the way to Russia to visit a grocery store is that he’s definitely never shopped at an American grocery store.
The living embodiment of the country club Republican – the heir of William Buckley’s New England-style fascism, so prim and proper
Be The Tree
Social media, once you’ve breached a certain follower threshold, is like a nonstop party begging for your attendance.
For some folks, that threshold is a few thousands followers. For others, it’s tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. I don’t say any of this to garner