The latent, the diffuse. The destruction of truth that opens the door to fascism

Abstract

This article addresses relevant aspects that point to the persistence of fascism in social structures in Spain, similar to what occurs internationally, from a critical perspective that embraces the complexity of the problem and the need to address it from all possible angles. The underlying idea is that, in the current democratic system, hidden tendencies persist, which occasionally emerge and contain analogies, in theory and practice, with the principles that gave rise to fascism in the 20th century. The hypothesis put forward in the article is that these tendencies have in common the distortion of truth for maintaining ideas close to fascism. The manipulation of information, the resurgence of nationalist feelings, dehumanization, and the use of fear as a weapon are some of the threats that permanently loom over our society, determining that what is at stake is not the survival of the people as an abstract, and as a group, but the dominance of the individuals who comprise it. To combat these threats, the author proposes activating community strategies that promote greater social awareness and, at the same time, re-establish the search for truth.