Anonymous #1 13h

Calling them idiots is a comforting myth, and a dangerous one. Fascism doesn't recruit the stupid, it recruits the scared. people who are promised order, belonging, and someone to blame. Plenty of smart, educated people have fallen for it. If we think it only happens to idiots, we stop watching for it in ourselves. Opposing fascism means knowing its patterns (scapegoating, dehumanizing language, craving a strongman) well enough to catch them in your own behavior too.

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