A review by nettles
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley

4.25

The Goodreads comments that basically say "This book is so biased, it only shows right wing political examples" are so 🤏 close to getting the point. To spell it out, right now there is a massive shift in fascist thinking in conservative parties around the world but especially in the USA under Trump. 

His policies are literal textbook examples of fascism and people don't see it because of the normalization of fascist principles over time + the way that fascism likes to uphold the status quo (cis white patriarchy etc) makes it easier to just blame others than to see things for what they are. I thought this book spelled everything out very clearly

Actually rattled by how increasingly and alarmingly relevant this book got