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The Genesis of Fascist Heart

6/20/2018

 
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This is the first book I did at Lulu. Actually it was written in 2002. I’m not recommending it to you because, being the first, I got the formatting wrong, and the pages appear a little shabby. It’s like a companion piece to my Against Holy War (in which I argued for a peaceful response to 9/11), and I wrote a third book employing the same stanza which is filed away somewhere because it felt like an embarrassment.

America’s descent into fascism was well augured, though not much spoken about in 2002. Now, the reality is upon us, and it cannot be said which way the country will turn. A heavy mass favors it, but they were always with us. For me, as I wrote before, these are no times for an artist. Presently, instead of on personal affairs, our thoughts and attentions must be devoted to the public crisis, as Adam Kirsch early on predicted.

The duration of this moment may outlast my remaining life. With climate catastrophe thrown into the mix, the destruction may be permanent, and irrevocable. If, in this case, fortune favors the meek, and a period of relative abatement comes, I will again devote myself to the proddings of the muse (all other factors being favorable), when I can. But now is not the time.

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