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In reply to the discussion: Lead story on CNN so demoralizing "Trump is Winning the Storytelling Game" [View all]Bradshaw3
(7,964 posts)Stating an opinion as fact does not make it so.
Hannah Arendt is considered the greatest historian when it comes to the rise of fascism and totalitarianism. I highly recommend her book The Origins of TYotalitarianism to you.
Here's a quote concenring your belief in the one explanation theory of history:
"Totalitarian politicsfar from being simply antisemitic or racist or imperialist or communistuse and abuse their own ideological and political elements until the basis of factual reality, from which the ideologies originally derived their strength and their propaganda valuethe reality of class struggle, for instance, or the interest conflicts between Jews and their neighborshave all but disappeared.
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism