It makes sense to me that a lot of our functioning well sort of ground down to a sort of absence of presence. In big political change we are very blessed to join all political persuasions into keeping the peace. That's usually a lot of holding tongue and simmering in a stubborn independence about free will and what's important.
In Passmore's work Fascism there is a critical clue regarding how a socialist Europe slid into brutality and that brutality being termed something political like fascism. In Romania (+/-1938) a king formed a dictatorial goverment with an Orthodox patriarch as chief leader. The nasty, hateful, racist group called the Legion or the Iron Guard (who'd been doing weird cultish-type stuff and getting away with murder and carrying out personal racist hatefulness) was banned. But within two years the group re-emerged pushing for political power. They found like-mindeds in other brutal, hateful groups also getting themselves in charge.
To me one of the most important pieces of information in this story is that the defeat of France destroyed the morale of the traditionally Francophile conservatives. It says a lot to keep caring about nation even when wishlists are far from fulfilled. It says everything to stay positive for the team even when personal adversity is ruling the day. It means the world to show support for every American trying to survive (involved in politics or not).
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