In Putin's speech on victory day today he argued that Russia is again fighting
against fascism while the country clearly shows increasingly signs of fascism
itself: from the angry dictator and the dread of the nation's decline under the
corrosive effects of individualistic liberalism to the overwhelming feeling of
victimhood almost all of the mobilizing passions defined by Robert Paxton were
present.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anatomy_of_FascismEven Prigozhin's
Wagner group reminds me of the Waffen-SS during the time of Nazism: an armed
combat branch of the organization that is responsible for the protection of the
dictator which acts in competition to the regular armed forces and is known for
war crimes and extreme brutality.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/09/putin-recycles-old-grievances-on-victory-day-as-russian-army-battered-in-ukraineI'm
interested in understanding this complex process of social evolution where a
country falls back into dark ages in terms of dynamical systems. Why are the
structures always so similar? Why does Paxton's final stage five almost always
end in war, violence and invasion of other countries? Luckily Trump only
reached Paxton's stage three - and hopefully the conviction today will prevent
that he is coming back...-J.
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