My response to Gabor Maté's "We each have a Nazi in us" essay: A better model to explain fascism than psychological trauma. (criticalresist.substack.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5635902

twitter went wild because the guardian published an essay with the headline "we each have a nazi within us" and this is my response to that article (from aaron maté's dad no less)

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[-] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the Internet who rejected the assertion that they had the root of a fascist in them

doubt but I'm still listening, go ahead.

Articler checks out. Though I have argued that the thrill and satisfaction of hurting people you believe to be less than you is a significant reward for rank and file fascists. I don't care to psychoanalyze it, Freud was a crank, I'm happy with saying that some people are motivated to support fascist causes because they like hurting people.