The Mirror World inverts Chaplin’s assumption that truth breaks the fascist spell.

Evidence

In Chaplin’s film, when the dictator’s soldiers hear the Jewish barber’s rousing speech, they immediately snap out of their fascist spell and cheer for “reason” and “democracy.” In the Mirror World, something altogether different is underway. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 442

Categorization

• DEFINE: Offers a concise definition of ‘Mirror World’ as the place where the old left-fantasy of speech breaking fascist spells is inverted.