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   Mark A. Rayner (markarayner@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2024 07:21:17 JST Mark A. Rayner

   Umberto Eco has a cogent essay about how to spot the signs of what he calls "Ur-Fascism", or the essential components of fascism.

   I turned it into an infographic, because, well, you know why...

   Mirror of the article here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

   High Res PDF of the infographic here: https://markarayner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/14-Signs-of-Ur-Fascism.pdf

   #fascism #authoritarianism #elections #infographic #democracy

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     Elon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 (bhasic@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:23 JST Elon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇪🇺

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     @markarayner Good quality WEBP:

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     molosovsky 🐿✊💗 (molosovsky@literatur.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:27 JST molosovsky 🐿✊💗

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     @markarayner Aaand in very simple language

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     cy (cy@fedicy.us.to)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:30 JST cy

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     That's a gorgeous infographic. It might be wise to note that there are many steps before those 14. Those in the infographic are only the steps taken once the fascists already exist, already know what they're doing, have some power, and have decided to make their move. Cult of tradition, irrationalism, etc, none of which the fascists buy into. They're just using those strategies as propaganda, to try and psychologically manipulate people into giving them more power.
     
     (Ironically they do end up owned by the propaganda in the end, but initially they always believe themselves immune to it.)
     
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     Chris Haynes (clfh@mastodon.green)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:45 JST Chris Haynes

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     @markarayner I've been tracking the 'activation' of these behaviours by UK and USA governments for >10 years. Over 50% have been seen in the last 5.

     Although not assessed numerically, I can also see it increasing in at least 3 other leading fossil-fuel-extracting states, and in one seemingly fighting to access a new fossil fuel resource.

     It appears that those who are financially dependent on #FossilFuel extraction think they can safely promote and rely on #fascism in puppet governments.

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     CassandraZeroCovid (cassandrazerocovid@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:50 JST CassandraZeroCovid

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     • Chris Haynes

     @clfh @markarayner

     Cogent comment.

     More + more I realize that this round of fascism is being funded first + foremost by fossil fuel interests.

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     Mark A. Rayner (markarayner@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:51 JST Mark A. Rayner

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     • RealGene ☣️

     @RealGene Try the hi-res version: https://markarayner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/14-Signs-of-Ur-Fascism.pdf

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:51 JST clacke

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     • RealGene ☣️
     @markarayner @RealGene See also tilde.zone/@gemlog/11188039574… for something to easily boost.
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     RealGene ☣️ (realgene@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:15:53 JST RealGene ☣️

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     @markarayner
     Thanks, but an infographic of purple text on a blue background isn't compatible with human vision, and pretty much impossible to print legibly.

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     Chris Armstrong (rhodium103@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:16:00 JST Chris Armstrong

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     @markarayner I have a version of this saved somewhere that I illustrated with recent front page headlines from The Daily 'Hurrah For The Blackshirts' Mail.

     The part about enemies being simultaneously weak and strong, whichever fits the narrative, could absolutely be about how the UK media has described the EU in the last decade or so.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:16:02 JST clacke

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     • Chris Armstrong
     @Rhodium103 @markarayner And how immigrants have always been described as simultaneously being welfare tourists and taking our jobs. Schrödinger's Immigrant.
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     pdiff1 (pdiff1@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 12:39:19 JST pdiff1

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     @markarayner Very good. Here’s the condensed version:

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     Mark A. Rayner (markarayner@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 10:12:50 JST Mark A. Rayner

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     • vruz

     @vruz Thanks for the heads up! Try this: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

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     vruz (vruz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 10:12:51 JST vruz

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     @markarayner Great work! Sorry, just a heads up, the link doesn't seem to work for me.