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one other point: the attempt to reduce the understanding of fascism to the workings of a single evil individual is of a piece with the attempt undertaken largely by the americans since world war 2 to dissociate nationalism from fascism. it reduces the questions about the nature, causes and functions of fascism to a singel case--germany--the problems to those caused by a single individual--hitler--and with that evacuates the entire question--which was in fact central to fascism in all its variants--of the use of nationalism as a fundamental mobilizing signifier and the manipulation of this signifier through mass media (in germany, the primary--though not exclusive--medium was radio)
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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