I am from there. There was no communism there only authoritarianism... I don't get the American fixation with communism while drifting off into authoritarianism itself. Red herring.
liberal regimes are produced by Geertzian thick cultures, even for a transplant like post war Japan. this is one reason the post-liberalism of folks like Deneen is so bogus. yes Ziblatt and forbearance. but what is the actual substance of that forbearance? slipping away for us: newt, rush, fox etc.
clarification: for PD liberalism is a "viral" ideology incompatible with culture. close to the goofiest kind of "ideas have consequences" as they come, if not quite there.
It's often said that antisemitism is socialism for idiots, but in this case, it's more apparent that "people who endured Soviet mismanagement are easily susceptible to red scares and therefore fascism, which thrives on those," no?
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