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“But what is most terrifying about these rhetorical divides is that it is typical of fascist movements to attempt to transform myths about “them” into reality through social policy.”
― How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
― How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
“research in education shows that children quickly internalize their place in the pecking order, and teachers reinforce it. Teachers told that some children are smarter than others (even though they were simply chosen randomly) treat them differently, so that these children in fact do better.”
― Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
― Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
“The one piece of information that best predicts whether Mr. Trump won or lost a county in November 2016 was the degree of opioid abuse.”
― Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
― Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
“Fascist politics invokes a pure mythic past tragically destroyed. Depending on how the nation is defined, the mythic past may be religiously pure, racially pure, culturally pure, or all of the above.”
― How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
― How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
“The dangers of fascist politics come from the particular way in which it dehumanizes segments of the population. By excluding these groups, it limits the capacity for empathy among other citizens, leading to the justification of inhumane treatment, from repression of freedom, mass imprisonment, and expulsion to, in extreme cases, mass extermination.”
― How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
― How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
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