{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The State Between Us","title":"37. Marquis de Morès Fails into Fascism, or, Real Nazis Wear Cowboy Hats [TEASER]","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ee8a048b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":82,"description":"Before the fash wore black shirts, they wore Buffalo Bill dusters and cowboy hats. This is the absurd story of Marquis de Morès, a 19th century French aristocrat and degenerate gambler whose ridiculous misadventures and financial flops in the American West, combined with his modern \"social Catholic\" variety of antisemitism, made him not only Europe's first fascist, but more specifically its first Nazi.\nNote: Fritz probably paywalled this episode solely to prevent the general public from hearing his horrible French pronunciation...Photo from Luzzatto, Sergio. The First Fascist: The Sensational Life and Dark Legacy of the Marquis de Morès. Harvard University Press, 2026.\nA Bad Lands Cowboy and Fancy French Fella\n\nReferences from the episode:\nLuzzatto, Sergio. The First Fascist: The Sensational Life and Dark Legacy of the Marquis de Morès. Harvard University Press, 2026.\nPaxton, Robert O. The Anatomy of Fascism. Random House, 2004.\n#history #fascism #france #USA #West #podcast","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WGPc_0fRvE6OoYR28zJyokp1lOZEzuRrjU40jzjx_Ok/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMjVh/MmZlNmM1ZWFhMWFl/MzNhMzY3YmI3M2Nl/Y2YxOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}