I have shared this with so many people over the years. Another good one is the little book, “Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism,” by Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynolds.
The warning sign isn’t “the past returning,” it’s the present simplifying itself—until nuance looks like weakness. Where do you see that simplification happening first: rhetoric, media habits, or policy?
I would like to see a similar analysis of left wing totalitarianism, starting with the impulse to subordinate all human actions and expressions to ideology. Slogans on NFL players helmets and requisite land acknowledgements are reminders of just recent rule by self righteous left wing totalitarians.
This is a scary time to be a person who wants to live in freedom and intellectual complexity. Fascists once right, totalitarians to the left.
I would like to read about how the intellectuals have indeed attacked tradition for the sake of destroying anything that
This is a vital lens for understanding facism
His list of how to spot a fascist should be taught in every grade school. It might be too late now though.
The full text. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism
I have shared this with so many people over the years. Another good one is the little book, “Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism,” by Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynolds.
Eco simply stays (one of) the best commentator(s) on fascism to this day
The warning sign isn’t “the past returning,” it’s the present simplifying itself—until nuance looks like weakness. Where do you see that simplification happening first: rhetoric, media habits, or policy?
Amazing insights.
I would like to see a similar analysis of left wing totalitarianism, starting with the impulse to subordinate all human actions and expressions to ideology. Slogans on NFL players helmets and requisite land acknowledgements are reminders of just recent rule by self righteous left wing totalitarians.
This is a scary time to be a person who wants to live in freedom and intellectual complexity. Fascists once right, totalitarians to the left.
I would like to read about how the intellectuals have indeed attacked tradition for the sake of destroying anything that
You might start with a definition… you know, like Eco.
Perturbadora visão de um futuro feita por Eco.
Eu desejo que Eco esteja errado. Mas parece cada vez mais que ele viu o futuro.