You’re either with us, or you’re against us. That’s what episode five is all about. Dissent and opposition are hallmarks of a democratic society; they should result in centrist compromises to everyone’s benefit. Debate gums up the inner processes of government, though, and makes it difficult for a strongman to see his agenda come to fruition quickly. It’s more efficient to accuse dissenters of hating the nation and posing a threat to national security. They are, after all, traitors. That’s how fascists think, and in this episode, we’ll find it in the past and in the present.
