I mean a lot of people get really hooked on "fascism is about what you believe." But arguing that idea, no matter how distinguished the historian who does it is, totally misses the point that the fascist is ultimately post-belief. He exists in a mental and emotional space where "the truth" is no longer related to any concept of what is "real" that you or I would recognize. Truth, and power, are inseparable for adherents to the ethos - I'm not even sure calling it an ideology is valid, given that