"... Hitler could only succeed. He solved this contradiction. He replaced the vague, elusive freedom to determine social life with the ancient, easily digestible delusion of national freedom. He asked for no responsibility - on the contrary, he promised that everything would come from above and that he himself would change the system on his own. And the uprising took place, incited almost solely by a shameless man like Hitler. The wider the scope of the problem, the more easily the passivity of the masses could be exploited.

What won over the masses was not Hitler's economic program. In his daily propaganda, what brought him victory was the reinforcement of German self-esteem through intense racist propaganda, the war he declared against "world Jewry," and the strong appeal to authoritarian family values..."

An extremely timely analysis of the phenomenon of fascism."