Post #3297100

It’s hard to state how profoundly ahistoric people are right now. One of the reasons fascists use shock and awe on a daily basis is to lure people (both their followers and their enemies) into thinking they are living through unprecedented political times which call for unprecedented action. This gives their foot soldiers a cover for committing unspeakable crimes (“sure it’s extreme but you see we’re facing unprecedented danger”), and gives their opponents a cover for not doing anything (“sure we could rebel if we weren’t facing unprecedented danger”). If people had any historic culture and could recognize those millenia-old patterns things would be more difficult for the ruling class.