TY - BOOK AU - Michela Murgia TI - HOW TO BE A FASCIST : Manual SN - 9781782276159 U1 - 320.533 PY - 2020////01/01 CY - London PB - Pushkin Press KW - Political Science- Fascism KW - Fascist ideology KW - Democracy- Government KW - Fascism N1 - Democracy is difficult, flawed and unstable. It involves barely distinguishable political parties taking part in lengthy, overcomplicated and expensive decision-making processes. Trying to engage so many people with political issues seems to lead only to complexity and disagreement. So why bother? Doesn’t fascism guarantee a more effective and efficient management of the state? In this short, bitingly ironic book, Michela Murgia explores the logic that is attracting increasing numbers of voters to right-wing populism. Ending with a ‘fascistometer’ to measure the reader’s own authoritarian inclinations, How to be a Fascist is a refreshingly direct, polemical book that asks us to confront the fascist in our governments, in our societies and in our own minds ER -