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Who's your favorite philosopher or religious figure and what is their key thought explained simply?
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Rodrigo Nunes.
There's no self-organization, neither in politics nor anywhere. There's no spontaneity. Political change is a function of environmental conditions and systemic decision-making.
Fascism is a symptom of chaos and lack of order. Political action is the creation of order (organization) towards coexistence.
Politics is a conflict of forces, not a conflict ideas: it consists in constructing the powers necessary to alter the existent (potentia) and deconstructing the power that keeps things the same (potestas). Anything that happens and doesn't alter this balance of power between potentia and potestas is simply a reproduction of the present in a different form.