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I am beginning to think that fascism is mostly a runaway media effect. 100 years ago it was the beginnings of mass-media being understood and incorporated into
by _jal 7y ago
I am beginning to think that fascism is mostly a runaway media effect. 100 years ago it was the beginnings of mass-media being understood and incorporated into politics; now it is the internet.
It seems like something akin to witchcraft crazes on a truly horrifying scale.
- Balgair 7y agoOk, I like this idea! The Malleus Maleficarum was a runaway 'hit' just after the printing press was invented. It's comically evil and while not fascism as we'd say it is today, damned if the methods of torture, psuedo-trial, and presumptions of guilt aren't mirrored in fascism (among others). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum#Popularity_and_influence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum#Popularity...