How can a fascist be courageous?

Every time that extreme-right wing thugs have been called on to face the consequences of their actions, they have presented themselves as repentant and misguided and not merely as innocent. The kids who attacked Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki, on May 21 make for the most recent example. I do not see this behavior as an abjuration of the “machismo” that fascists show in their beliefs but rather as an extension of it. Fascism is the raw glorification of power. When someone loses the advantage of superiority over a solitary opponent and finds himself at a disadvantage, he has no choice but to submit to power. Historically, fascists have pursued one of two solutions when things have gone badly for them: they’ve either committed suicide or “betrayed their ideology.”

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