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Because the red scares and the cold war[1][2] never actually ended, and our government, think tanks, and corporate media still feed us a constant drip of spooky stories.
...you know, that definitely sounds pretty plausible! Massive wave of fascism happening internationally right now, and we're screaming about these people instead because the red scare was so incredibly effective? That is sadly very believable.
The global wave of fascism isn’t coming from nowhere, it’s largely the result of neoliberalism, which is a form of capitalism in decay. And you don’t have to be a Marxist to understand this: even Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges get it. Noam Chomsky: Neoliberalism and the roots of fascism
I do understand this. Never said I wasn't a marxist, I'm just not a tankie.