<nettime> turnkey tyrany (was the great re-alignment)

[franz schaefer via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

thanks felix for insightful analysis. now the question of "what is to be
done" is important. and i do not have a good anser but some ideas, below.

the one thing that worries me most is the phrase snowden used to descirbe
the US surveillance state: "trunkey tyrany". and now trump has the keys to
that tyrany. together with a blank check from the supreme court and this
time he is prepared to use it. 

we do not know how bad the situation will become but as he tried a coup at
the end of his first time we should assume that he will not make the same
mistake twice and that he will turn the US into a fascist dicatatorship.

with extrme consequences not only for the US but for the world.

so what could be done?

as it has been already said:

  the left is in disarray and the centrist forces are the ones to blame here
in the first place. so the main problem of "what to do" is to reconcile 2
conflicting strategies:

  the first is to try to create a resistance against this fascism together
with all foces that oppose it, including the centrist and liberal and even
conservaitve forces. even thought this makes the situation worse as the
right-wing voters will then even be more convinced that their candidate is
the only one who is against "the system". 

the second strategy is to rebuild the left and to dencounce the centrist
forces for their failure. to show that the neoliberal politics has created
the problem in the first place.

now the main point is how to reconcile this 2 opposing strategies. i think
the only way is to work together with all foces on single issues that create
save spaces (sanctuary cities, promoting encrypton and open source, etc,
etc..) while on the other hand really supporting the radical left and
denouncing the failure of the centrist forces. 

the fact that the left is so splintered is sad. but in the face of this
giant surveillance state it might be an advantage to have "smaller cells".
and moreover: the only good thing that comes out of this might be that the
hydra has a visbile had again and the common enemy might be helpful in
uniting our forces.

also see:   https://qummunismus.at/p/article185.html

franz schaefer (mond)



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