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stevia333k's review
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
So I was first introduced to this book in 4th grade circa 2005. I didn't want to read it then because I thought it looked too glorifying & scary. As of 2023, I can say it was actually anti-capitalist, thankfully. But it was still scary.
Honestly, I would've skipped the 1st chapter? Then gone with 2 & 8 first, and then read 3-7. Thing to know with 3-7 is that they're 5 stages of fascism. If I was annotating the book I probably would've given like the timeline for Italy & Germany.
But yeah, chapter 8 is where the definition of "palingenetic ultranationalism" comes from, but this book emphasizes that fascism is about having mass movements instead of a lack of political parties (maintaining an illusion of democracy) because otherwise the "middle class" would be left to the leftists/socialists. The infighting within fascist set-ups is between the streets/vigilantes & the state/military. (The state & the street share people.)
So USA is already in Stage 2 because the racial capitalist patriarchs already compromised with the fascists & the fascists have state power now. Whether that point was in 2016 or 1980 is a question, but as of 2023, USA has been fascist for at least 7 years. (Personally, with the 2020's book "not a nation of immigrants" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, I'm still not sure of the difference between settler colonization & fascism?)
Honestly, I would've skipped the 1st chapter? Then gone with 2 & 8 first, and then read 3-7. Thing to know with 3-7 is that they're 5 stages of fascism. If I was annotating the book I probably would've given like the timeline for Italy & Germany.
But yeah, chapter 8 is where the definition of "palingenetic ultranationalism" comes from, but this book emphasizes that fascism is about having mass movements instead of a lack of political parties (maintaining an illusion of democracy) because otherwise the "middle class" would be left to the leftists/socialists. The infighting within fascist set-ups is between the streets/vigilantes & the state/military. (The state & the street share people.)
So USA is already in Stage 2 because the racial capitalist patriarchs already compromised with the fascists & the fascists have state power now. Whether that point was in 2016 or 1980 is a question, but as of 2023, USA has been fascist for at least 7 years. (Personally, with the 2020's book "not a nation of immigrants" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, I'm still not sure of the difference between settler colonization & fascism?)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Ableism, Child death, Classism, Deportation, Torture, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Transphobia, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Child abuse
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