When a constitutional system seizes up in a deadlock and democratic institutions cease to function, the “political arena” tends to narrow. The circle of emergency decision-makers may become reduced to a few individuals, perhaps ahead of the state along with his immediate civil and military advisors.28 In earlier chapters of this book, we needed to look at very broad contexts in order to understand the founding and rooting of fascism.
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At the stage when the breakdown of democratic regimes finally opens the way for the fascist leader to make a serious bid for power, the concentration of responsibility in the hands of a few key individuals requires something nearer a biographical perspective—with due caution, of course, about falling into the trap of attributing everything to the fascist leader alone.
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