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Today, great men are no longer necessary. Modern propaganda instruments can transform any fraud into a hero, any mediocre personality into an all-comprehending genius.

— Paul Mattick

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Despite the Stalin-Hitler pact, there are no greater ‘anti-fascists’ than the Bolsheviks on behalf of their own native fascism.

The trends of development indicate that the democracies travel in the direction of fascism and the fascist nations in the direction of the Russian system.

Ideological conformity depends on conditions of prosperity; it has no staying-power of its own.

In the democracies, individual ownership predominates over governmental control; in the fascist states, governmental control over individual ownership.

In order that some may lead, others must be powerless. To be the vanguard of the workers, the elite has to usurp all social key positions.

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