Elad Nehorai’s Newsletter

A deep dive into the evolution of fascism. And how understanding that evolution is the key to defeating it.

But this also offers us the exit ramp, one that is far easier to accomplish if people only open their eyes. We need to simply provide an alternative that is truly democratic both in ideology as well as in function.

Democrats, liberals, progressives, and the left don’t need to agree on everything, but they must agree on how democracy works and the shared values they want to bring into its next era.

Meaning, they have to agree that listening to the rich has destroyed democracy and to empower those who make up their movement. They have to agree that they cannot put their power in the few, but must instead invest in the many. They have to avoid purity politics, and instead focus on building the most diverse, actively engaged coalition possible. They must persuade rather than thinking they can ignore or silence those they disagree with.

Everything I’ve described, from worker pamphlets to Hitler’s trial to TikTok politics, is a form of marketing. Not in the corporate sense, but in its most essential form: the act of using communication to change minds and spark action.

Authoritarianism and fascism also aren’t human nature. We are animals shaped by millions of years of evolution to live, share, and decide together. To survive through cooperation. Democracy, then, is our human nature emerging when given the opportunity.