review of _Hitler: The Rise of Evil_ TV miniseries

[Richard Fiero]

pynchonoid wrote:
>GR readers in particular may find this of interest;
>attentive Vineland readers, too, given the way that
>Pynchon links Nixon/Reagan/Bush with the Nazis in that
>novel.  Enjoy!

These links have not been established in spite of constant 
postings to the list proclaiming that they have. Possible links 
are revealed way downpost where no one reads.

>[...]  A. J. P. Taylor notwithstanding, defeating fascism 
>requires far more than what we today call "regime change." By 
>reducing a complicated history of state and society to the 
>handiwork of a single demagogue, this mini-series encouraged 
>its audience to indulge in a dangerous fantasy: if we only cut 
>off the head of the hydra of fascism, it will die. But the 
>Nazi revolution, like many other fascist revolutions, involved 
>the proactive labors of far more than one psychotic leader. 
>Defeating them today will require policies based on a much 
>deeper understanding of how fascism functions in everyday life 
>than this mini-series provided.
>[...]

Is Brock Vond a Fascist, an opportunist within an 
institutionalized surveillance state, or something else?