People often assume that fascist tactics can achieve success only where democratic institutions, and commitment to democratic culture, is already weak. We are thus told to pay attention to policies and institutions rather than the rhetoric they can follow. But Sweden is a country with some of the world’s most stable democratic institutions. It has first-rate public goods—excellent universal health care, education, and day care. The commitment of individual Swedes to democratic values has rarely been questioned. It is a disturbing sign of the power of fascist tactics that the only Swedish
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