A bit bizarre to push this on Schmitt, when it was a common thread throughout fascism. >As a novel concept, the total permeation of the Nazi state into academi

A bit bizarre to push this on Schmitt, when it was a common thread throughout fascism. >As a novel concept, the total permeation of the Nazi state into academia and the rest of the spheres of non-governmental authority would have been far from obvious at the time to observers of prior governments, but it was also the intent. It wasn't a novel concept. What are you on about? Mussolini seized power in 1922, while Germany was still a functional democracy. Schmitts Most influential writings were all after 1922, pretending he conceived of the idea while Mussolini was already implementing it is patently absurd. The history of totalitarian thought did not start with Schmitt. >The way to counter the spread of government is to put strong limits on government, keeping it out of academia, the media, religion, and so forth completely, with no government funding for any of them. Just FYI. Germany post WW2 has publicly funded universities, churches and media.