Fascism And Truthiness In American Politics And Language Today And Yesterday

Markus Scorelius

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8 min readMar 10

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Our politicians and leaders are fanning the flames of intolerance and division.

Photo by Katie Moum on Unsplash

Fascism is a word that is emotionally charged that comes with a great deal of baggage from its violent history.

Markus Scorelius

Written by Markus Scorelius

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ILLUMINATION

Mark is an avid reader, passionate and curious researcher on various topics. Writer of Creative Fiction and Thoughtful borderline non-fiction.

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