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minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoYes, but this is nothing new. “Mysticism”, “esotericism”, “religion”, etc… have always been a tool of fascism. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/02/everything-youve-been-told-is-a-lie-inside-the-wellness-to-facism-pipeline https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/fringe-left-alt-right-share-beliefs-white-power-movement/672454/ https://thepangean.com/Rise-of-the-New-Age-Nazis https://spheresofinfluence.ca/strange-bedfellows-far-right-extremists-new-age-spiritualists-and-covid-19-conspiracy-theories/ https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/5117-acid-fascism-past-and-present-ties-between-occultism-and-the-far-right
Yes, but this is nothing new. “Mysticism”, “esotericism”, “religion”, etc… have always been a tool of fascism.