“Your grandpa was an antifascist” works for liberals and baby leftists as their rhetorical attempt to frame fascism as illegitimate, unpatriotic, etc., but it’s ultimately based on twice-faulty assumptions. The first is the idea that things being “un-American” even should be regarded as bad; ultimately, appealing to nationalism is always a dead end because the […]

After clarifying that “The United States itself has never been exempt from fascism”, historian Robert Paxton goes on to suggest: The language and symbols of an authentic American fascism would, of course, have little to do with the original European models. They would have to be familiar and reassuring to loyal Americans as the language […]

This article by Lynda V. Mapes is a reminder of how any emphasis on consumerist veganism as a strategy, or shaming people for their diets, is ineffective and, considering the opportunity cost, actively counter-productive. It’s not enough to stop eating fish, to convince all of your friends and family to stop eating fish, to boycott […]