Thomas E. Ricks (tomricks1), 2021-09-23:
When I was writing about Churchill and Orwell I would wonder why everyone sat back and just let the 1930s happen. Having experienced the last 6 or so years in the US, I no longer wonder.
Steven Kleinman (SMKleinman), 2021-09-23:
The slide into extremism seems to happen much like the way Hemingway described the process of going bankrupt in The Sun Also Rises:
"Gradually, then suddenly."
Timothy Burgess (TheTimBurgess), 2021-09-23:
And this from Hemingway:
"But are there not many fascists in your country?"
"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes."