What Motivates Fascists?: Opportunism, Paranoia and Psychedelic Power (THOUGHTSNACK 01)

Max and Sarah sketch a framework for understanding three core fascist motivations, based on Max's forthcoming book The Player and the Played: From Gamified Capitalism to 21st Century Fascism.An OPPORTUNIST motivation to personally benefit from authoritarianismA PARANOID fear that the "natural" order is collapsingA PSYCHEDELIC infatuation with the power to bend and break realityTHOUGHT SNACK is an occasional podcast from Sense & Solidarity where Sarah Stein Lubrano and Max Haiven explore the big ideas that make and break our world.Sense & Solidarity is a platform where people who want to radically change the world can learn together and build individual and collective capacity. http://senseandsolidarity.org/Sarah Stein Lubrano is a writer and researcher who specializes in the social psychology of politics. She is the author of Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds (2025). http://www.sarahsteinlubrano.comMax Haiven is an researcher and educator who uses writing, teaching, games, podcasts and other techniques for the radical imagination. His latest book is Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire (2022). http://maxhaiven.com/Music by Dan Gouly. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit senseandsolidarity.org