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John Cusack

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it.

John Cusack

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John Cusack is saying that when politics focuses only on style and appearance without real substance, it becomes dangerous and lifeless. He argues that fascism relied entirely on superficial looks and lacked genuine beliefs or honesty.

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