Democracy\u2019s traditional defence against fascism doesn\u2019t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n
History isn\u2019t winning the argument. Across Europe and the US, defenders of democracy have mobilised every precedent to warn against a slide into authoritarian rule. They have underlined every rhyme and assonance in the rhetoric of today\u2019s far-right movements to highlight echoes of past atrocity. It isn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n
Evidence of the old virus spreading stimulates vigilance in people who are already alert for the signs, activating the immunity of people who are well vaccinated. They aren\u2019t the ones who need convincing.<\/p>\n
Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist<\/p>\n
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