the followers [of fascism] must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak. Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy.
– Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascismhttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism
The loser’s flag, the confederate’s is flown today in my neighborhood, and they are determined to make us all losers.