Great piece. Need to read the Stanley book. I posted about Henry Ford the other day. Knew he was bad but didn't realize the extent of how terrible (Ford is the only American mentioned positively in Mein Kampf). I was learning what proto-fascism looked like in the U.S. then which must be when it had best chance of succeeding. Does Stanley mention why it was repelled then? Were we better inoculated at that time?
This particular book is not prescriptive at all. He doesn't investigate historical trends except to illustrate features of fascism (so Lindburgh gets a couple of shoutouts, as obviously does Hitler).
My preoccupation with inoculation is very much arising from my response to the book.
Great piece. Need to read the Stanley book. I posted about Henry Ford the other day. Knew he was bad but didn't realize the extent of how terrible (Ford is the only American mentioned positively in Mein Kampf). I was learning what proto-fascism looked like in the U.S. then which must be when it had best chance of succeeding. Does Stanley mention why it was repelled then? Were we better inoculated at that time?
This particular book is not prescriptive at all. He doesn't investigate historical trends except to illustrate features of fascism (so Lindburgh gets a couple of shoutouts, as obviously does Hitler).
My preoccupation with inoculation is very much arising from my response to the book.