“If the definition of fascism is the use of state
power to throw out election results and legitimise the use of violence in
politics, there are people [championing] that now—and they are outcompeting us.
This age of tribalism is not really about right or left any more, but about a
pro-democracy and anti-democracy movement. The pro-democracy side has a
fatalism about the impossibility of bringing people over from the other side —
and that is a recipe for tyranny.”—American journalist Anand Giridharadas
quoted by Gillian Tett, “Lunch With the FT: ‘The Fascists Are Better at
Politics,” The Financial Times, Dec. 31, 2022-Jan. 1, 2023The image accompanying this post, of Anand
Giridharadas speaking at the Meaning Conference, was taken June 28, 2019.
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