Origin Story

Fascism: The fraternity of violence


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Few terms are thrown about as freely now as “Fascist” but what does the ultimate political condemnation really mean? Where did Fascism come from? Are all Fascists Nazis, and were the Nazis even Fascists themselves? From Mussolini and Nietszche to Adolf Hitler, Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey delve into fascism’s primordial stew of violence, racism, antisemitism, mysticism, anti-intellectualism and bizarrely modern aesthetics. They discover a brutal, anti-rational creed that is equally obsessed with futurist technology and ancient myth – and which inevitably drives itself towards war.

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  • “Fascists are inferior people who believe it when told they are superior.” – Kurt Vonnegut
  • “Except in struggle there is no more beauty. No work without an aggressive character can be a masterpiece.” – Filippo Tomasso Marinetti
  • “The fist is the synthesis of our theory.” – Italian fascist, 1920
  • “Germans would even dream of the state interfering in their lives. The Nazis had infiltrated even their sleep.” – Ian
  • “You can’t have a violent rebirth without the sense that you’ve been oppressed and put upon.” – Dorian


    Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. Audio production and music by Jade Bailey. Logo art by Mischa Welsh. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Origin Story is a Podmasters production

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