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country, the Klan continually looks ridiculous. No
one has to say anything. All you have to do is take
these cameras into a Klan office or take the
cameras into a skinhead or neo-fascist
organization, have them talk, and when the camera
is up in their face, there is nothing charismatic
about these people. They look as if they are very
confused, desperate, and people without any deep
politics. But the power of symbol, the power of
language from a great distance, can be very
dangerous. We’ve seen it again and again in the
rise of fascist dictators in this century.
Sometimes you hear the charge that McLuhan was