ringo writes:
You're putting the cart before the horse. Bulies are attracted to fascist regimes but they don't necessarily create them. It's more likely that fascist revolutionaries have been bullied and just want to get the bullies on their side.
Why is that more likely?
You seem to be telling me that it's bullied bullies, all the way down. While I agree with Auden that:
quote:
I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.
I also know most victims do not become victimizers.
So, no, I don't think that bullies drawn to fascist parties are trying to appease bigger or better organized bullies. I think some folks choose to use violence and other forms of coercion against others because they choose to prioritize power and its satisfactions.
Which is why fascists wake in the morning with dreams of forcing and hurting still dancing in their heads.
Edited by Omnivorous, : too many others
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