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Their ass.

I still prefer the idea of it being a frightful hobgoblin.

A mischievous little elf who steals power from the capitalists and places it in the hands of the proletariat. The frightful part only applies to capitalists though, because they slowly realize they are losing their grip. Once the hobgoblin was worked it's mischief, the power that the bourgeoisie once possessed cannot be regained because the workers of the world realize that they actually had the power all along and that frightful hobgoblin merely lifted the veil that had deceived them into thinking otherwise.

I have plans in November. Can we do 26 July instead?

Just to jump in with additional analysis on facism, Michael Parenti does a good job covering some of the history of facism in WWII and how it has continued to propagate in current times. He also shows how facism is more flexible than we give it credit for, how it has arisen in more subtle ways than it did in 1920s Italy or 1930s Germany.

In particular, "Functions of Facism" is a great starting point.

Also in their podcast, The Deprogram. If you like their main channels and the small amount of analysis they put up on the First Thought channel, you'd probably like some of their discussions in The Deprogram podcast too.

That and the comfort of ignorance.

They don't have a problem repeating history because they've never bothered to consume anything but what was conveniently spoon-fed to them by the totally unbiased media and education systems.