You're Not Overreacting. This Is Actually Fascism.
Historians are now using the f-word to describe what's happening in America. In this video, I explain why, why it matters, and what you can do.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
1:21 Robert Paxton: the historian who changed his mind
3:36 The ten family resemblances of fascism
10:25 Why has fascism emerged now?
12:09 Paxton's five stages of fascism
14:17 What do we do about it?
KEY SOURCES & FURTHER READING
→ Robert Paxton, The Anatomy of Fascism (2004)
→ Robert Paxton, "The Five Stages of Fascism," Journal of Modern History (1998)
→ Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism," The New York Review of Books (1995)
→ Jason Stanley, How Fascism Works (2018)
→ Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny (2017)
ESSENTIAL RECENT ESSAYS
→ Rosan Smits, "This Is Fascism", De Correspondent: https://decorrespondent.nl/16177/this...
→ Jonathan Rauch, "Yes, It's Fascism", The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/202...
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MY BOOK & ORGANIZATION
→ Moral Ambition: https://rutgerbregman.com/books/moral...
→ The School for Moral Ambition: moralambition.org
ONE EASY THING YOU CAN DO TODAY
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