{"id":196208,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/196208-on-the-road-to-fascism-bertrand-russell","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/196208","headline":"On the road to fascism.... || Bertrand Russell","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The first step in a\u0026nbsp;fascist movement\u0026nbsp;is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity.\u0026nbsp;The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other\" (1940)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBertrand Russell\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e(1872–1970) British philosopher, writer, mathematician, logician, historian, social critic, political activist,\u0026nbsp;and Nobel Laureate.\u003ca href=\"https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/russell/biographical/\"\u003e More\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"\"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other\" (1940)Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) British philosopher, writer, mathematician, logician, historian, social critic, political activist, and Nobel Laureate. More","published_at":"2026-03-13T17:47:23-07:00","updated_at":"2026-03-13T18:01:13-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Between the Lines","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297657-between-the-lines"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Between the Lines on Kudos365. View their photo published Aug/05/2024 on Quotes - Proverbs. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/it2JXjV3TDqQLot3NRPR_Bertrand_Russell_1957%20R.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":17,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Quotes - Proverbs","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1086-quotes-proverbs"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/196208-on-the-road-to-fascism-bertrand-russell","headline":"On the road to fascism.... || Bertrand Russell","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/it2JXjV3TDqQLot3NRPR_Bertrand_Russell_1957%20R.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Between the Lines","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297657-between-the-lines"},"datePublished":"2026-03-13T17:47:23-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":17}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Quotes - Proverbs","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1086-quotes-proverbs"}]}}