Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself; the masses have to be won by propaganda.
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1948), as quoted in “Totalitarianism and the Five Stages of Dehumanization,” by Christiaan W.J.M. Alting von Geusau, Brownstone Institute (November 17, 2021).
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