Peace Was Never an Option

Weird, Wicked, and Wild by James Wils and Jeremy Cayton

Episode notes

In episode ten, we will see that for the fascist, life is permanent warfare—we live only to struggle. All must be prepared to fight, endlessly, for the leader’s vision. If you are truly one of us, then you will destroy the enemy at every opportunity. If you are not willing to fight, then you must be the enemy, or at least trafficking with the enemy. Fascists remind us that pacifism is akin to degeneracy and leads down a path of ruin. They don’t want peace, much less appeasement, something we would have done well to recognize then as well as now. So much for giving peace a chance.

Keywords
historypoliticsfascismUSAaction for action's sakefeardissentenemypacifismtreason