I thought fascist was the literal opposite of this. Where the population is indoctrinated and is more embedded into war machine. They kinda become one. Vanilla

I thought fascist was the literal opposite of this. Where the population is indoctrinated and is more embedded into war machine. They kinda become one. Vanilla authoritarianism, or other forms of government don't need approval from citizens. Oligarchy, monarch, etc... but at the end of the day, even a dictator needs to keep some critical level of people happy. Classic CGPGray series on this: https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs?si=3LmAGcWjeVWumxsz https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs?si=3LmAGcWjeVWumxsz