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"Fascism For Dummkopfs" Book
Something that is especially offensive to me on a daily basis are the legions of fascist trolls on Facebook and X/Twitter and other social media platforms that believe that they have an absolute right to lie without accountability and that any opposing views are not covered by equivalent First Amendment rights of free speech. I have been reporting such trolls on Facebook, but before I do so I ask them why they like Fascism so much. A few have responded with denials, but that is merely confirmation of points 6 and 11 of the signs of Fascism. Not one fascist Republican voter troll has a clue what they are voting for.
I looked for a simple book about Fascism that I could suggest that fascist trolls on social media should read - trolls basically do not read, but other readers of the thread might like to get informed per my post - and found no such work. Nor any '... For Kids' or '... For Dummies' or '... For Beginners' or '... For Idiots' books.
So I decided that I should write such a book and call it 'Fascism For Dummkopfs' to avoid harrassment from corporate lawyers.
Such a book might even have an effect on the local and national elections in 2024 and beyond . . .
— autodidact & author G.E. Nordell in New Mexico, USA - December 2023
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION — section is written
CHAPTER 1: Definition - Signs 1 thru 14 — chapter is written
Lawrence W. Britt
1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
2. Disdain for human rights
3. Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
4. Supremacy of the military
5. Rampant sexism
6. Controlled mass media
7. Obsession with national security
8. Religion and government intertwined
9. Corporate power protected
10. Labor power suppressed
11. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts
12. Obsession with crime and punishment
13. Rampant cronyism and corruption
14. Fraudulent elections
CHAPTER 2: What is fascism?
CHAPTER 3: Umberto Eco's 14 Points — chapter is written
CHAPTER 4: A brief history
Italy before Fascism — section is written
Mussolini rises
Other countries
Fascism after World War II
AFTERWORD — section is written
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS
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Publication T.B.D.
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L i n k s
Fascism Page at Working Minds Philosophy website
'Fascism' entry at Wikipedia
Benito Mussolini [1883-1945] Page at Working Minds Philosophy website
"Ur-Fascism" 1995 article by Umberto Eco [1932-2016] entry at Wikipedia
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