Crypto-politics

{{cquote|'''Max Planck''': The [[Deutsche Physik|forced immigration of Jews would kill German science]], and [[Jews]] can be good Germans.<BR>
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{{politics}}'''Crypto-politics''' is the secret support for a controversial ideology. In this case, one's ideology is kept secret in order to prevent harm to one's public image because it's controversial.<ref>''Red Scare: FBI and the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943'' by Regin Schmidt (2000) Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 8772895810.</ref> It commonly takes the form of [[dog whistle politics]]. It's also a way to avoid criticism. In some cases it may be a way to avoid a violent reaction, or even state repression.

==Common usage==
Crypto-politics most often refers to either crypto-[[communism]] or crypto-fascism. Crypto-communism, pinkos or [[pinko commie]]s, was used during the [[red scare]] as well as during [[Apartheid]] in [[South Africa]]. Crypto-fascism (or crypto-Nazi) was used by  [[Gore Vidal]] ("crypto-Nazi" in his case) against [[William F. Buckley]] during one of their debates surrounding the police riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_nq4tfi24 Vidal vs Buckley - Crypto-Nazi Debate (Best Quality)] by MetrazolElectricity (Dec 5, 2012) ''YouTube''. at time 10:45</ref> The equivalent term in German (''Kryptofaschismus'') has also appeared both earlier and later.<ref>''Der getreue Korrepetitor'' by Theodore W. Adorno (1963)  S. Fischer. p. 191.</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-43019376.html "Will Ulrike Gnade oder freies Geleit?"] by Heinrich Böll (10. Januar 1972) ''Der Spiegel''.</ref>

==Physiological exhaustion and time==
Hiding one's true self can be physiologically exhausting:<ref name=fastcompany>https://www.fastcompany.com/3051111/how-hiding-your-true-self-at-work-can-hurt-your-career</ref>
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Covering up who you are on a daily basis comes at a cost: it takes time and energy and is psychologically exhausting. Respondents in the Deloitte survey said that hiding who they were was very destructive to their sense of self.
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In addition, the person may not feel that they are revealing their "authentic selves".<ref name=fastcompany/>

==Examples==
===Ideologies===
* {{wpl|Crypto-communism}}
* {{wpl|Crypto-fascism}}
* {{wpl|Crypto-Nazi}}
* {{wpl|Capitalist roader}} — arguably

===Religions===
* {{wpl|Crypto-Christianity}}
* {{wpl|Hidden Armenians}}
* {{wpl|Crypto-Hinduism}}
* {{wpl|Crypto-Islam}}
* {{wpl|Crypto-Judaism}}
* {{wpl|Crypto-paganism}}

===People===
* [[Nick Fuentes]] — Former crypto-Nazi, decided to drop the crypto part
* [[Richard Spencer]] — Crypto-Nazi
* People during the [[Red Scare]]

==External links==
*{{wpa|Crypto-politics}}
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/ /r/unpopularopinion/]

==See also==
*[[I'm not prejudiced, but...]]
*[[Intellectual dishonesty]]
*[[Useful idiot]]
*[[Distinction without a difference]]
*[[Public relations]]

==References==
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