Then & Now
Then & Now
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βš”οΈ Fascism

From 19th-century roots through world war, seizure of power, the fascist ideal unchecked, its failures, and the ghosts that still haunt us.

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Reading List
14 essential books β€” from introductory overviews to classic theory
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Chapters
CHAPTER 01
How to Make a Fascist
The roots: Romanticism, Social Darwinism, the Volk, Sorel's myths, the cult of violence, WWI, paramilitary groups, and the seizure of power.
16 NODES3 QUIZZESAVAILABLE
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CHAPTER 02
If Fascists Won
The fascist ideal unchecked: perpetual struggle, Lebensraum in action, the genocide of the Slavs, plans for Britain and America.
15 NODES3 QUIZZESAVAILABLE
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CHAPTER 03
Why Fascism Fails
Economics of failure, hubris of personalism, race science debunked β€” and the ghosts that still haunt us. Is there a fascist in all of us?
16 NODES4 QUIZZESAVAILABLE
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CHAPTER 04
How the Holocaust Happened
Ordinary men, propaganda, conformity, authority, rationalisation β€” and the psychology of how everyday people became mass killers.
16 NODES4 QUIZZESAVAILABLE
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CHAPTER 05
Fascism Tomorrow
Neofascism, democratic backsliding, and the conceptual chain from democracy to authoritarianism to fascism.
COMING SOON
Scripts
SCRIPT 01
How to Make a Fascist
The full original script β€” from Ernst JΓΌnger's trenches through the Volk, Social Darwinism, syndicalism, the cult of violence, and the seizure of power.
FULL TEXT
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SCRIPT 02
If Fascists Won
The full original script β€” perpetual struggle, Lebensraum in action, plans for Britain and America, and why counterfactual history matters.
FULL TEXT
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SCRIPT 03
Why Fascism Fails
The full original script β€” Salazar, the economics of failure, the hubris of personalism, hauntology, and the ghosts of fascism.
FULL TEXT
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SCRIPT 04
How the Holocaust Happened
Ordinary men, propaganda, conformity, authority, and the psychology of genocide β€” how everyday people became mass killers.
FULL TEXT
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