Edward Champion<p>I've made a six minute video essay unpacking Robert Paxton's nine "mobilizing passions" of fascism, showing applicable examples with Trump in all cases. This is taken from his excellent book, THE ANATOMY OF FASCISM. These "passions" constitute irrational beliefs that autocrats use to control the population.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/xD4dbZad_p4?si=3u1E-R5Jiv_wYSel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/xD4dbZad_p4?si=3u1E-R</span><span class="invisible">5Jiv_wYSel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robertpaxton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robertpaxton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magacult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magacult</span></a></p>