"-- The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause; --- and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation. -- We are thus driven to the unfashionable conclusion that the trouble with our species is not an excess of aggression, but an excess capacity for fanatical devotion. --"
Overzealous fanaticism, -- whether political/religious in nature, - is our enemy.
True. But my point is, can't we get more specific, in fact can't we be accurate, in addressing who our enemy is? Why do we need to drag fascism into this?
Isn't calling the thing itself, adequate and to the point?