{"id":4515,"date":"2025-08-24T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2025-08-24T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:30:47","slug":"how-fascism-works-the-politics-of-us-and-them-by-jason-stanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/how-fascism-works-the-politics-of-us-and-them-by-jason-stanley\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2712\ufe0f:. Shahid Manzoor Bhat<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jason Stanley\u2019s How Fascism Works<\/em> (2018, Penguin Random House) is a clear and eye-opening book by a Yale professor whose family escaped the Holocaust. He explains how bad leaders use tricks to split people into \u201cus\u201d and \u201cthem\u201d to grab power. The book lists ten simple ideas\u2014mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectualism, unreality, hierarchy, victimhood, law and order, sexual anxiety, Sodom and Gomorrah, and Arbeit Macht Frei\u2014that can weaken democracy. Stanley\u2019s easy-to-read style warns that these tactics aren\u2019t just old history; they\u2019re happening now and can make awful things seem normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around the world, Stanley\u2019s ideas fit today\u2019s problems. Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d or \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d plays on feelings of victimhood and a perfect past, while Hungary\u2019s leader Orb\u00e1n attacks intellectuals to stay in charge. These moves twist the truth, especially with all the lies spreading online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In India, Stanley\u2019s ideas match the right-wing radicalization, which some call fascist. The mythic past<\/em> celebrates a grand Hindu history, supporting a hierarchy<\/em> that puts minorities, especially Muslims, down. Abdur Rahman\u2019s Denial and Deprivation<\/em> backs this up, showing how Muslims face poverty, fewer educational opportunities, and less political representation, marking them as \u201coutsiders\u201d in a majority-ruled land. This ties to unreality, where propaganda spreads false fears about minorities, boosting victimhood among the Hindu majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Jammu and Kashmir, these tactics hit hard. The 2019 Article 370 change gave central control, using law and order to quiet dissent\u2014even politics\u2014much like hierarchy and propaganda, where a self-claimed saint is being praised. Recent bans on 25 books in August 2025\u2014including Arundhati Roy\u2019s Azadi<\/em> and works by Islamic scholars\u2014show anti-intellectualism, like in Italy where Giuseppe Mazzini, a revolutionary, faced punishment, labeling resistance stories as \u201csecessionist.\u201d Police raids on shops and educational institutions, with inspections and claims that \u201chistory is being erased,\u201d highlight unreality, wiping out local voices for a single story and pushing minority silencing further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hierarchy suggests some are naturally above others, while victimhood makes the powerful act hurt. In India, some say the majority is under attack, even when they\u2019re in charge. Law and order targets certain people with tough laws, like jailing critics. Sexual anxiety stirs fear about mixed marriages, like the \u201clove jihad\u201d idea. Sodom and Gomorrah lift up simple village life while blaming cities, and Arbeit Macht Frei (\u201cwork sets you free\u201d) pushes hard work for some, calling others lazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book feels so important right now, with the world so split. Stanley urges us to fight for fairness and democracy. It\u2019s a must-read to understand these divides and stop them from getting worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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