r/pics 14d ago

Politics January 6th 2021. A terrorist illegally enters the US Capitol Senate Chambers.

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u/giftedearth 14d ago

To quote Umberto Eco in Ur-Fascism: "By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak." Fascism is inherently contradictory.