If you are living in North America and have never read a book on fascism the time was years ago, but go to your library tomorrow.
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Or ask Chat GTP for a checklist. The U.S. is well along the path.
aug 31, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
I don’t use Chat GPT, I read.
aug 31, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
As do I. Sometimes I read Chat.
aug 31, 2025, 8:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Hell, I read Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich back in High School . . . Four and a half decades ago.
aug 31, 2025, 6:09 am • 1 0 • view
PBS makes excellent documentaries. There are great podcasts too. Some are intimidated by books.
sep 1, 2025, 4:24 am • 0 0 • view
Everything makes way more sense if you have done the required reading, I promise.
aug 31, 2025, 4:43 am • 1 0 • view
There are a bunch of excellent documentaries on Tubi (free) as well. Extremely educational.
aug 31, 2025, 4:45 am • 4 0 • view
Will add: it’s as simple as picking up a copy of Animal Farm (by George Orwell). That’s already a good start.
aug 31, 2025, 4:45 am • 2 0 • view
Animal Farm is an allegory that is most specifically a critique of communism. The books I'd recommend is 'On Tyranny' by Tom Snyder, 'Ur Fascism' by Umberto Eco, 'Anatomy of Fascism' by Paxton or 'Why Nations Fail' by Acemoglu/Robinson.
aug 31, 2025, 10:43 am • 2 0 • view
I read 1984 under its first term. It was scary then. It’s prophetic now.
aug 31, 2025, 8:45 am • 1 0 • view
I read it in 1984, and my 8th grade social studies class did a deep dive into what it meant. I was 13 and could never imagine it being real.
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