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Wilhelm Reich: The Mass Psychology of Fascism (Paperback, 1980, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)

In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to …

“Fascism” is the basic emotional attitude of the suppressed man of our authoritarian machine civilization and its mechanistic-mystical conception of life.

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Just started the reading but I’m already confused yet fascinated by this quote. A lot of big words for me but what I got from this is that fascism appears where one is suppressed. I’m looking forward to understanding this statement more.