"You Think You're a Thief, So What""

Sartre, as the foremost existentialist of his time, voiced a lifetime of existential thoughts. One of these thoughts presents that "fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them." I find it interesting that he demonstrates fascism as an evil (especially with his endorsement of Stalinism) while also condemning freedom in another thought: "man is condemned to be free." At first glance, Sartre comes off as a lunatic, a man unable to keep track of his own words. With further reflection, the reader notes that both statements are indelibly true, that fascism represents a slow murder of the mind, through stultifying oppression, and that freedom represents a slow execution of the conscience, through staggering liberty.

Fascism totally opposed existentialism; it's every ideal (pre-determined roles and efficiency) holds contrary...