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Matthew Parris

I found my inner fascist in a letterbox

If you want to bring out my statist side, give your house a name and make it hard to post a leaflet through your door

9 August 2014

9:00 AM

9 August 2014

9:00 AM

There’s a little bit of a fascist in all of us. For some, the tragedy of human want may provoke an impatient urge to expropriate and centralise for the more efficient use of economic resources. Others, alarmed at the world’s exploding population, may be attracted by calls for a programme of mass compulsory sterilisation.

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