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Pandemics causing death are linked with increases in support for radical political movements, all the way back to the 1918 flu pandemic and the birth of 20th century fascism (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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[-] mydude@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

"When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled 'made in Germany'; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, 'Americanism' " - Halford E. Luccock

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