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Elizabeth Smoots's avatar

From "The Psychology of Totalitarianism" by Mattias Desmet: Totalitarianism is "gaining strength and speed with each generation--from Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinists..." I agree that today's progressivism is a form of totalitarianism. The two main forms of totalitarianism--communism and fascism--are virtually identical; Hitler was a socialist who borrowed many of his ideas from Karl Marx. My recent "2026" Substack discusses "The Ideology that Captured Our Culture" at https://2026.substack.com/p/the-ideology-that-captured-our-culture

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Rfhirsch's avatar

Thank you for this clear explanation. The Nazis were National Socialists and they had heavy control over the country.

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Elizabeth Smoots's avatar

Exactly. The Nazi Party was officially named the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Today, progressives would be more appropriately named the National Neo-Marxist Party and they have heavy control over the U.S.

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George's avatar

Great book

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Kat Highsmith's avatar

Maybe Bill Ackman and Len Blavatnik are Nazis.

Look into it. Or they might be something else.

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