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=Fascism and the New Deal=
“The word 'Fascism' has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’," wrote [[George Orwell]] in the wake of World War II. He asked, “Since you don't know what Fascism is, how can you struggle against Fascism?”<ref>George Orwell, "[http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit Politics and the English Language]," ''Horizon'', vol. 13, issue 76 (April 1946), pp. 252-265, reprinted in Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, Eds., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=zaxG_3ivhVAC The Collected Essays, Journalism, & Letters, George Orwell, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950]'' (David R. Godine, 2000) ISBN 1567921361, pp. 132, 139</ref> Almost a decade earlier, he had written prophetically that "Socialism, in the form in which it is now presented, appeals chiefly to unsatisfactory or even inhuman types," including, among others, "the astute young social-literary climbers who are Communists now, as they will be Fascists five years hence, because it is all the go."<ref>George Orwell, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=E-ZpkC4RNfIC The Road to Wigan Pier]'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1958) ISBN 0156767503, p. 182</ref>
“The word 'Fascism' has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’," wrote [[George Orwell]] in the wake of World War II. He asked, “Since you don't know what Fascism is, how can you struggle against Fascism?”<ref>George Orwell, "[http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit Politics and the English Language]," ''Horizon'', vol. 13, issue 76 (April 1946), pp. 252-265, reprinted in Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, Eds., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=zaxG_3ivhVAC The Collected Essays, Journalism, & Letters, George Orwell, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950]'' (David R. Godine, 2000) ISBN 1567921361, pp. 132, 139</ref> Almost a decade earlier, he had written prophetically that "Socialism, in the form in which it is now presented, appeals chiefly to unsatisfactory or even inhuman types," including, among others, "the astute young social-literary climbers who are Communists now, as they will be Fascists five years hence, because it is all the go."<ref>George Orwell, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=E-ZpkC4RNfIC The Road to Wigan Pier]'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1958) ISBN 0156767503, p. 182</ref>