Ruling-class calls for unity signal our capacity to hurt them

Evidence

The cement of fascism, he argued, was not merely the psychic compliance of the authoritarian personality, although this was very important. It was also based on the constant and unremitting application of terror and coercion. The various components of the ruling class were themselves united only in their common fear of the masses, without which they would dissolve into a band of squabbling gangsters. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 495 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ruling class unites only through shared fear of the masses — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 495; Ruling-class unity rhetoric signals its vulnerability to pressure

Related

• The ruling class unites only through shared fear of the masses (similarity 0.89)
• Ruling-class unity rhetoric signals its vulnerability to pressure (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• The ruling class unites only through shared fear of the masses #qualifies (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 495