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Intellectuals still argue whether Amerika is a fascist country. This concern is typical of the Amerikan left’s flight from reality. ... This is actually a manifestation of the authoritarian process seeping into its own psyche.

— George Jackson Blood in My Eye (1971)

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Prestige bars any serious attack on power. Do people attack a thing they consider with awe?

Blood in My Eye (1971)

I'm convinced that it is the psychopathic personality that searches out a uniform. There's little doubt of what's going on in that man's head who will voluntarily don any uniform.

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From its inception, the fascist arrangement has attempted to create the illusion of a mass society in which the traditional capitalist ruling class would continue to play its leading role.

Blood in My Eye (1971)

Top-heavy establishment organizations that exist openly are always a reflection of the men who staff them.

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The prestige of power as the subjective effect of a past deed or reputation, real or fancied, then has a very definite life process.

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