How are thee fascist let me count the ways....No. 11

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3. True.

Prof. Lawrence Britt's list (the one I posted) is academic - though none the less true for it.

Eco's, while also academic, is more nuanced, and captures more of the doublespeak subtleties typical of these regimes.

The opposition, he notes, are made out to be both fearsomely strong, and pathetically weak, as the occasion demands.

The regime and its apologists, on the other hand, are always portrayed as heroes - heroes that every young boy (though not girls, as girls don't count in RW regimes) should be lucky enough to grow up to be like, while making sure people understand that few can, as it's a privilege.

Classic Rethug mind fuck.

Grazie mille for posting this, Thomas. As prescient now as ever.