Reading this post reminds me of what Hannah Arendt said about Totalitarianism:
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/115242902393948089
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - *The Origins of Totalitarianism* Hannah Arendt
#politics #fascism
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