On extreme nationalism with fascist interpretation

In 1935, American author Sinclair Lewis published the novel “It Can't Happen Here” in response to the rise of fascism in Europe.

He showed how easily extreme nationalism with a fascist interpretation can occur. Philosopher Jason Stanley says the U.S. is an example of the fascist politics of hierarchy, because it “demands and implies a perpetual hierarchy” in which White people dominate and control non-White people. Remember that the American Nazi Party was founded in 1959 by George Lincoln Rockwell, a former U.S. Navy commander, who was fired from the Navy for his fascist political views.

The inability to learn from the past takes on a new meaning as a growing number of authoritarian regimes continue to emerge across the globe. Surveys show classical fascist antisemitic views are widespread in the U.S. today.

All contemporary fascistic movements, including the implementation of present day American demagogues, have aimed at the most ignorant. They have deliberately manipulated facts in a way that could lead to success only with those who are not acquainted with the facts.

From my perspective, it boils down to this: The bigger the lie and the more often you repeat it, the more the masses are likely to believe it.

On Jan. 6, 2021, we witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol. There were swastikas in the crowd. It was America's version of Kristallnacht, the coordinated destruction of Jewishowned

businesses in Germany by the Nazis in 1938. Rest assured, the people of today will once again resist this ugly, polarizing ideology. It's the American way.