Reposted by Richard Schwarz
Since I am being called "so fucking dangerous" let's walk through what my argument and its evidence actually is.
First, I am not saying fascism, the ideology, is ancient (it isn't) but that the emotions which fuel it are: fascism is ancient (pre-historic!) emotions colliding with modern society.
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By the power of Ashur, my father, and Ninlil, I, Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria, hear this news with the fury of a thousand storms!
These wretched Elamites, these dwellers of the mountains who know no honor, have again brought their filth upon my borders? Have they forgotten the blood that turned the river Uli to mud? Do they not remember how I, with my own hands, scattered their cities and tore... [fades to white]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cdbv4ow3wboojnt632tmbdoa/bafkreidcilp5ljyi43ndbccxlnzau5rspia5qt44gawbndau6s7ijx42uy)
