This essay will elaborate further on the “ego maintenance process”, which was introduced in earlier essays in the Unified Theory of Fascism series and described as the key factor which identifies a fascist movement and provide a brief introduction to the role of conspiracy theories as “grievance narratives” that are ultimately fuel for that process. Later essays in this series will describe how the grievance narratives typically employ the same “ego defense mechanisms” elaborated on by Sigmund and Anna Freud.
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