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→The New Fascism of the future: C.S. Lewis: Abolition of Man
According to [[Italian]] writer and former [[communist]] Ignazio Silone, the new fascism will not say: "I am fascism", but it will instead say: "I am anti-fascism".<ref>{{cite book |title=Pfade der Neugier: Portraits |author=François Bondy |publisher=Benziger |year=1988 |pages=72 |isbn=9783545340787 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=U9IsAQAAIAAJ |quote=《When der Faschismus wiederkehrt, wird er nicht sagen: "Ich bin der Faschismus". Nein, er wird sagen: "Ich bin der Antifaschismus".》 |language=German}}</ref>
According to [[Italian]] writer and former [[communist]] Ignazio Silone, the new fascism will not say: "I am fascism", but it will instead say: "I am anti-fascism".<ref>{{cite book |title=Pfade der Neugier: Portraits |author=François Bondy |publisher=Benziger |year=1988 |pages=72 |isbn=9783545340787 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=U9IsAQAAIAAJ |quote=《When der Faschismus wiederkehrt, wird er nicht sagen: "Ich bin der Faschismus". Nein, er wird sagen: "Ich bin der Antifaschismus".》 |language=German}}</ref>
As maintained by [[C.S. Lewis]] in his book ''The Abolition of Man'', there is a process going on apace among [[Communist]]s and [[Democrat]]s, no less than has been among [[Fascist]]s, which, if not checked, will abolish [[Man]]. At first, the methods may differ in brutality, but in the long run many, incl. mild-eyed scientists, amateur philosophers, and popular dramatists, have the same goal as the [[Nazi]] rulers of [[Germany]]. Traditional values are to be "debunked" and [[mankind]] to be cut into some fresh shape at the arbitrary will of some [[Interest group|few lucky people]] in one lucky generation who have learned how to do it. C.S. Lewis also identified the beginning of this process in phenomena like the language being affected by belief that humans can invent "ideologies" at pleasure, and the consequent treatment of mankind as mere specimens and preparations.<ref name="AbolitionOfMan">{{cite book |title=The Abolition of Man |author=C.S. Lewis |publisher=HarperOne |place=New York |year=2001 (1944) |pages=50-1 |isbn=978-00606-52944 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ST87o-KSzp0C}}</ref>
==Common traits of fascism and other authoritarian ideologies==
==Common traits of fascism and other authoritarian ideologies==