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Now is a good time to read Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism.
by cratermoon 11mo ago
Now is a good time to read Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism.
- nuxi 11mo agoAlso Umberto Eco's essay Ur-Fascism.
- cratermoon 11mo agoInterestingly to me, Arendt makes a good case that fascism is distinct from totalitarianism. It's possible to have a fascist government that is authoritarian and dictatorial, but not fully totalitarian. It's also possible to have a totalitarian government based on a system other than fascism.
- nuxi 11mo agoAgreed, it's some sort of a Venn diagram of "traits" present in both -isms.