Here’s an excellent comment from the article. This is how fascism takes hold. It’s like a virus which infects through fear and intimidation.
Via TCinLA: “ Within a matter of a few years of the publication of "FASCISM!" the authors were under investigation by the resurgent Republican right as "communist agents". It happened right in front of everyone and he only ones who recognized it were silenced by the threat of
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being called "communists" and having their lives destroyed. We call it "McCarthyism" and think it died with him, but it didn't, and now it's so strong we live in fear of it taking formal power next year.”“