- Americans should not make the same mistake committed in Italy after World War II in thinking that fascism was merely a “parenthesis” in Italian history.
- “Every age has its own fascism,” wrote Holocaust survivor Primo Levi in 1974
- So what does the triumph of Biden-Harris represent for us historically? It’s been a standard line of interpretation that Biden represents a desire to “return to normal.”
- But there is reason for hope. It can’t be emphasized enough how important the selection of Kamala Harris as vice president
- In recalling the ideals of Franklin Roosevelt and casting himself as having goals just as large in reshaping American society, he has to judiciously balance a desperate desire to return to normal with a bold political agenda on climate change, infrastructure, education, and social justice.