The Sources of Social Power Quotes

“Fascist beliefs must not be dismissed as crazy, contradictory, or vague. Fascists offered plausible solutions to modern problems, and got mass electoral support and intense commitment from militants. Few fascists were sadists or psychopaths, or people with a “rag-bag” of half-understood dogmas and slogans flitting through their heads, as some suggest (Paxton, 2004: 16–17) – or no more so than the rest of us.”
― Michael Mann, The Sources of Social Power: Volume 3, Global Empires and Revolution, 1890-1945 by Mann, Michael (2012) Paperback