This excerpt from cult expert Steven Hassan’s book “The Cult of Trump” is chilling: “In 1974 a survivor of the Italian holocaust, Primo Levi said, "fascism arises not just by military force or police intimidation but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spre…
This excerpt from cult expert Steven Hassan’s book “The Cult of Trump” is chilling: “In 1974 a survivor of the Italian holocaust, Primo Levi said, "fascism arises not just by military force or police intimidation but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in myriad subtle ways nostalgia for a world where order reigned." It’s such a play book! Knowing that Hitler came to power democratically is of no comfort either. We toss “like Hitler” around a lot on both sides, I realize. The point I’m aware of now is that his “Path to Power” was by using the democratic system against itself. Americans have been whipped up to be in that same confused, impotent, chaotic, and outraged condition, mostly perhaps because we could not conceive of it ever “happening here”. And yet, the playbook is being followed and the trajectory is looking pretty much the same.
This excerpt from cult expert Steven Hassan’s book “The Cult of Trump” is chilling: “In 1974 a survivor of the Italian holocaust, Primo Levi said, "fascism arises not just by military force or police intimidation but by denying and distorting information, by undermining systems of justice, by paralyzing the education system, and by spreading in myriad subtle ways nostalgia for a world where order reigned." It’s such a play book! Knowing that Hitler came to power democratically is of no comfort either. We toss “like Hitler” around a lot on both sides, I realize. The point I’m aware of now is that his “Path to Power” was by using the democratic system against itself. Americans have been whipped up to be in that same confused, impotent, chaotic, and outraged condition, mostly perhaps because we could not conceive of it ever “happening here”. And yet, the playbook is being followed and the trajectory is looking pretty much the same.