The inflationary use of the term fascist in connection with political opponents or those who think differently is, on the surface, a symptom of the deep divisions in Western society. The ability to engage in dialog has disappeared, the will to listen to each other is disappearing.

Beneath this surface, however, something much more dramatic is happening: people who refuse this maximum negation of civilization have already been torn from their own civilizing ground, are no longer capable of consensus and are no longer prepared to maintain good neighbourly relations in the broadest sense of the word, which includes accepting what is happening in the neighbor's garden, even if it is alienating.

These are declarations of war on a small scale which, when organized as political platforms, can degenerate into declarations of war on a grand scale. Reconciliation will have to be sought on a small scale, in everyday coexistence. Anyone hoping for a unifying political messiah should go back to bed!

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