DoomsdaysCW<p>From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawrenceBritt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawrenceBritt</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> "Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/110832318168556366" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/</span><span class="invisible">110832318168556366</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Da says modern forms of govt rose w/the Industrial Revolution.Now <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> is changing, & the govt may too.<br>He says some friends compare it to China's Cultural Revolution<br>…1966–1976, Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung led an assault on suspected capitalist sympathizers,closing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>, sending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectuals</span></a> to work in fields, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purging</span></a> govt workers & encouraging supporters to harass or attack their elders. It was "the most chaotic period of modern <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>," the professor says.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawrenceBritt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawrenceBritt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> Numbers 1 and 11...</p><p>1. Powerful and Continuing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalism</span></a><br> Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patriotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriotic</span></a> mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flags</span></a> are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.</p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.</p><p>Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums</p><p>by Max Matza, 3/27/2025</p><p>"US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City.</p><p>"The order directs the vice-president to 'eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology' from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington.</p><p>"It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials and statues, which 'have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history'.</p><p>"The move is part of Trump's effort to shape American culture, in addition to politics."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjy1jmvvwzo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cdjy1jmv</span><span class="invisible">vwzo</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurdReich</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@odaraia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>odaraia</span></a></span> Number 11 on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawrenceBritt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawrenceBritt</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> list.</p><p>"11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/110832318168556366" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/</span><span class="invisible">110832318168556366</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> </p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."</p><p>Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine. </p><p><a href="https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23</span><span class="invisible">/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> (2003)</p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> "Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."</p><p>House Republicans mull taxes on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scholarships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholarships</span></a> and changes to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> programs</p><p>February 8, 2025</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-admin</span><span class="invisible">istration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SignsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
Dana Williams<p>If anyone's looking for an excellent biography or critical evaluation of the work of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sociologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociologist</span></a> C. Wright Mills (author of The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/PowerElite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerElite</span></a>, Causes of World War 3, etc.), I highly recommend <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/StanleyAronowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StanleyAronowitz</span></a>'s Taking It Big: C. Wright Mills & the Making of Political <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a>.</p><p>It assesses Mills's major works & how he continuously worked to make public interventions, during a repressive political era in the US (1940s & 1950s), at odds w/ the Stalinist left & liberal apologists. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.<br> -- Albert Einstein</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/AlbertEinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertEinstein</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Geniuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geniuses</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/ProblemSolving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProblemSolving</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/BWCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BWCA</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/RoseFalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoseFalls</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a></p>
Zelestian PhD memes<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misunderstanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misunderstanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectuals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctorate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmeme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdtroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdtroll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratemotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratemotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratetroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratetroll</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> much, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DonTheCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonTheCon</span></a>? Must be reading his copy of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MeinKampf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeinKampf</span></a> again. Britt commentary refers to "14 Characteristics of Fascism" by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawrenceBritt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawrenceBritt</span></a>.</p><p>10 alarming things <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has promised to do in a second term</p><p>by Judd Legum<br>and Rebecca Crosby<br>Dec 12, 2023</p><p>1. Trump says he will "abuse power" and be a "dictator" on "day one." </p><p>2. Trump says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> in 2020 gives him the power to "terminate" the Constitution<br> [Britt: "Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmearCampaigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmearCampaigns</span></a> against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections."]</p><p>3. Trump says he will issue "full pardons" to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/January6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January6</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/insurrectionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrectionists</span></a><br> [Britt: "Rampant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cronyism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cronyism</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a>"]</p><p>4. Trump says he will cut funding to schools that cover subjects he believes are "inappropriate"<br> [Britt: "Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a>"]</p><p>5. Trump says he will legally erase trans people and ban them from military service<br> [Britt: "The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> roles are made more rigid. Opposition to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> is high, as is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> and anti-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> legislation."]</p><p>6. Trump says he will end birthright citizenship by executive order<br> [Britt: Identification of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enemies</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scapegoats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scapegoats</span></a> as a Unifying Cause"]</p><p>7. Trump says he will impose a new 10% tax on all imported goods<br> [Britt: "Powerful and Continuing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalism</span></a>"]</p><p>8. Trump says he will investigate NBC and MSNBC for treason and potentially remove the company from public airwaves<br> [Britt: "Controlled <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassMedia</span></a>"]</p><p>9. Trump says he will demand anyone convicted of selling drugs get the death penalty<br> [Britt: "Obsession with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Punishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Punishment</span></a>"]</p><p>10. Trump says he will order the arrest of all urban homeless and relocate them to federally-run tent cities<br> [Britt: "Disdain for the Recognition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>"]</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://popular.info/p/10-alarming-things-trump-has-promised" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular.info/p/10-alarming-thi</span><span class="invisible">ngs-trump-has-promised</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RabidRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RabidRight</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a></p>
GW<p>The Deafening Silence of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> in The Fact of Growing Global Conflicts</p><p>Intellectuals do not have a monopoly on culture, on values, or on truth, much less on the meanings attributed to any one of these “domains of the spirit,” as they used to be termed. But intellectuals should also not shrink from denouncing what they see as destructive of culture values, and truth notably when such destruction claims to be carried out in the name of these “domains of spirit”</p><p><a href="https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-deafening-silence-of-intellectuals-in-the-fact-of-growing-global-conflicts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-d</span><span class="invisible">eafening-silence-of-intellectuals-in-the-fact-of-growing-global-conflicts/</span></a><br>.</p>
amen zwa, esq.<p>I have met many <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/intelligent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligent</span></a> people who are not <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectuals</span></a>, because they are incapable of being but because they refuse to be. It's "to be, or not to be" kind of question.</p>
GW<p>We No Longer Have True <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> Guiding Us We Only Have <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Influencers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Influencers</span></a></p><p>Roughly twenty-five percent of adult Americans are so authoritarian, fearful, self-righteous, ignorant, and fanatical on the right that they cannot be persuaded. They would force America under a dictatorship, and they’d think things had improved. They are so obedient to their masters that they will accept and carry out any directive. They will not back down, and they will not disappear.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gwfoto.medium.com/we-no-longer-have-true-intellectuals-guiding-us-we-only-have-influencers-f87ec2e81567" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gwfoto.medium.com/we-no-longer</span><span class="invisible">-have-true-intellectuals-guiding-us-we-only-have-influencers-f87ec2e81567</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Historian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Historian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawrenceBritt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawrenceBritt</span></a> studied the fascist regimes of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> (Germany), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mussolini</span></a> (Italy), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Franco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Franco</span></a> (Spain), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Suharto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suharto</span></a> (Indonesia), and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pinochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinochet</span></a> (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.</p><p>1. Powerful and Continuing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalism</span></a><br> Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patriotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriotic</span></a> mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flags</span></a> are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.<br> <br>2. Disdain for the Recognition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <br> Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.</p><p>3. Identification of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enemies</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scapegoats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scapegoats</span></a> as a Unifying Cause<br> The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racial</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ethnic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnic</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minorities</span></a>; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberals</span></a>; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communists</span></a>; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/socialists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialists</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorists</span></a>… </p><p>4. Supremacy of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a><br> Even when there are widespread <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domestic</span></a> problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.</p><p>5. Rampant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sexism</span></a><br> The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> roles are made more rigid. Opposition to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> is high, as is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> and anti-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> legislation.</p><p>6. Controlled <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassMedia</span></a><br> Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/secrecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secrecy</span></a> especially in war time, are very common. </p><p>7. Obsession with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a><br> Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.</p><p>8. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> and Government are Intertwined<br> Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.</p><p>9. Protection of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> Power<br> The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> and business <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aristocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aristocracy</span></a> of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.</p><p>10. Suppression of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Power <br> Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.</p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.</p><p>12. Obsession with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Punishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Punishment</span></a><br> Under fascist regimes, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.</p><p>13. Rampant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cronyism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cronyism</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a><br> Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.</p><p>14. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FraudulentElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudulentElections</span></a><br> Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmearCampaigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmearCampaigns</span></a> against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.</p><p>This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."</p><p><a href="https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23</span><span class="invisible">/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RabidRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RabidRight</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.<p>And they outnumber the thinkers… and they vote! 😵💫<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Descarte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Descarte</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/critical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>critical</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criticalthought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthought</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychoanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectuals</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/qanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qanon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a></p>
METADESTROYER !! (He/Him)<p>I just read someone on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medium</span></a> post about how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectuals</span></a> are stupid and talk about irrelevant stuff that dont matter in our regular life. </p><p>Big thing to say right? I was interested to read their reasoning until the examples or irrelevancy they used were discourses on subjects like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMarket</span></a> and abolition of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> , and grouped these subjects with ontology. </p><p>This is what they do guys, gaslight us on our intellectual agency on matters that are the most critical to our existence.</p>
bs2<p>> The <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them from accurately assessing their own skills.<br> <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dunning-kruger-effect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psychologytoday.com/us/basics/</span><span class="invisible">dunning-kruger-effect</span></a></p><p>How does this effect overlap with <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PreProgaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreProgaganda</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ManSplaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManSplaining</span></a>... ?<br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/DunningKrugerEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKrugerEffect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a></p>
Brian Small<p></p><blockquote><span>... education is largely identical with what Ellul calls “pre-propaganda”—the conditioning of minds with vast amounts of incoherent information, already dispensed for ulterior purposes and posing as “facts” and as “education.” Ellul follows through by designating intellectuals as virtually the most vulnerable of all to modern propaganda, for three reasons:<br> 1. they absorb the largest amount of secondhand, unverifiable information;<br> 2. they feel a compelling need to have an opinion on every important question of our time, and thus easily succumb to opinions offered to them by propaganda on all such indigestible pieces of information;<br> 3. they consider themselves capable of “judging for themselves.” They literally need propaganda. <br> In fact, the need for propaganda on the part of the “propagandee” is one of the most powerful elements of Ellul’s thesis.</span></blockquote><span> - </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/propaganda-jacques-ellul" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/propaganda-jacques-ellul</a><span><br> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/JaquesEllul" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JaquesEllul</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/Ellul" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ellul</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/Propaganda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Propaganda</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/BullShit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BullShit</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/Education" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/PrePropaganda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrePropaganda</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/EducationAsPrePropaganda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EducationAsPrePropaganda</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/AttitudeFormation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AttitudeFormation</a><span> </span><a href="https://misskey.cloud/tags/Intellectuals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intellectuals</a><span> </span><blockquote><span>Assuming an attitude in the reader is a good way of putting it there.</span></blockquote><span> --- William Empson</span><p></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The 14 Characteristics of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p><p>by Lawrence Britt, Spring 2003 </p><p>The 14 characteristics are:</p><p>1. Powerful and Continuing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalism</span></a><br> Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.</p><p>2. Disdain for the Recognition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a><br> Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.</p><p>3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause<br> The people are rallied into a unifying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patriotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriotic</span></a> frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.</p><p>4. Supremacy of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a><br> Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.</p><p>5. Rampant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sexism</span></a><br> The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> roles are made more rigid. Opposition to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> is high, as is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> and anti-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> legislation and national policy.</p><p>6. Controlled Mass Media<br> Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a>, especially in war time, is very common.</p><p>7. Obsession with National Security<br> Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.</p><p>8. Religion and Government are Intertwined<br> Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.</p><p>9. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> Power is Protected<br> The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.</p><p>10. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Power is Suppressed<br> Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .</p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.</p><p>12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment<br> Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.</p><p>13. Rampant Cronyism and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a><br> Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.</p><p>14. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fraudulent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraudulent</span></a> Elections<br> Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci</span><span class="invisible">14chars.html</span></a></p>
Philipp Markolin ☑️<p>It is clear that <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> is now 4chan since <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@elonmusk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elonmusk</span></a></span><br>took over.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> & scientifically minded people will not stay on this platform, nor should they.</p><p>If only media people could kick their addiction too, Twitter would be dead already, instead of dragging it out for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/clicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clicks</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/miscalculation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miscalculation</span></a> from rightwing culture warriors is always that they think they can coerce <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectuals</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> into submission by owning their forums.</p>
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