A Squire’s Trial

- Well, based on what you said… is it that they have created a
different kind of fascism?
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- Absolutely right. They themselves conjured up an image of
fascism that was picked up by the ignorant as their mantle,
and thus in turn feed the misrepresented image of fascism –
which is only fascism in name, and some rudimentary aspects,
missing its core that I’ve laid out before you in our discussion.
Finally something that somewhat clarified the situation, even
if not completely. And the notion of people essentially fighting
something of their own creation without realizing it, while remaining
completely ignorant of what it was they intended to
combat in the first place, was almost as if from some myth or
dramatic theater. This helped me finally, somewhat, reconcile
my conflicted feelings about this man, as I now knew that trying
to apply to him the image I was so familiar with was futile
and simply wrong. Suddenly, a thought occurred to me:
- So essentially, this other fascism – the one your opponents
made up – if they all judge you, or try to measure you from
their own position of falsehood, does that mean they all create
different images of fascism? Making fascism rather just something
that they imagine opposes their views?
He slightly raised his eyebrows and gave me the first broad
smile I had seen since he first approached me on this day.
- Yes, that is a keen observation you made. The definition of
fascism, thus, also depends on whom you ask, and they’ll describe
it to you in terms of what they are afraid it’ll do to interfere
with their petty interests. You’ll hear all about how fascism
is corporatist, capitalist, totalitarian and etc., but they
will never be able to explain to you what is the real core of our
views – upholding truth. Everyone is taught to view fascism as