Those trying to understand the ease with which Marxists can turn themselves into fascists – a process of seeming polar reversal exhibited by so many neocons – might consider the insight provided by one of 20th century America’s greatest minds, Eric Hoffer. Addressing “the interchangeability of mass movements,” Hoffer observed: “When people are ripe for a mass movement, they are usually ripe for any effective movement, and not solely for one with a particular doctrine or program. In pre-Hitlerian Germany it was often a tossup whether a restless youth would join the Communists or the Nazis. . . . Where … Continue reading Neo-convertability