One would assume that Austrian-Jewish philosopher Karl Popper’s 1945 book, “The Open Society and Its Enemies,” would be teeming with anti-fascism. However, his highly influential work instead took aim at three philosophers: Plato, Hegel, and Marx, the most recent of whom had been dead for over six decades. Why these targets? Was Popper simply a […]
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Beyond Wall Four: Attack on Titan’s Condemnation of Fascism is Woefully Misunderstood
This article contains spoilers for the anime adaptation of Attack on Titan up to Season 4 Episode 22. Some sources may link to external sites that contain spoilers for the manga and/or anime episodes that have not yet aired. In November of 2021, Representative Paul Gosar (R–AZ) tweeted out a truly baffling video in which […]
ICE Illuminates America’s Backslide Into Fascism
Last week, Dawn Wooten, a nurse working at an ICE detention facility in Irwin County, Georgia, filed a bombshell whistle-blower report which alleged that female immigrant detainees were being subjected to forced hysterectomies among other unnecessary, non consensual medical procedures. Georgia’s Congressional Republicans have vehemently denied this report, and Department of Homeland Security 2nd-in-Command Ken […]