Re: <nettime> So what's the use of art, theory, activism?

[Frédéric Neyrat via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

...some people call it (= what's happening in the US)
"reactionary accelerationism," a good way I think to encapsulate the DT-EM
monster...

frédéric

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On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM Joseph Rabie via nettime-l <
nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Are we dealing with Fascism—or by labelling all the dark things that are
> currently going down “fascism”, are we simply giving voice to our own
> indignation by calling names, rather than making the analytical effort to
> specify what it really is?
>
> Personally, I do not think that “fascism” is an adequate label for the
> current variety of totalitarianism that is enveloping the world, in the
> hands of Trump, Orban, Meloni, Putin, Netanyahu, Khamenei, Xi Jinping and
> others. Macron is using the term “Reactionary International” to
> characterise this, but isn't Macron himself part of the problem, via his
> own narcissism, conservatism and authoritarian practise of power?
>
> The characteristics of this current “fascism” have been discussed
> extensively on Nettime over the past years. With the election of Trump, the
> most salient feature is the consecration of a ruthless, all-powerful
> oligarchy. But also the immediate attack on LGBT+ rights, immigration, via
> the promotion of white-suprematist biblical values. And the position that
> the climate will take care of itself, because those with the means will
> always find a technical fix (excluding Los Angeles democrats).
>
> What do we call this: Magaism? Xism? Too Americo-centric, perhaps. Any
> suggestions?
>
> What is happening is sufficiently specific to merit its own term, rather
> than letting it hide behind some weak (but self-satisfying) metaphorical
> association with past ideologies. Even though it might share aspects, but
> from which it is very different.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> > Le 23 janv. 2025 à 10:31, Allan Siegel via nettime-l <
> nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> a écrit :
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 22/01/2025 23:50, Brian Holmes via nettime-l wrote:
> >> "And I am now an elder, who must
> >> turn experience - even the experience of failures - into something
> valuable
> >> for present and coming generations."
> > Thank you Brian for your perseverance! It is invaluable during these
> times. And, this reminder from the writings of Umberto Eco...
> > best
> > allan
> >
> > "Ur-Fascism is based upon a/selective populism/, a qualitative populism,
> one might say. In a democracy, the citizens have individual rights, but the
> citizens in their entirety have a political impact only from a quantitative
> point of view — one follows the decisions of the majority. For Ur-Fascism,
> however, individuals as individuals have no rights, and the People is
> conceived as a quality, a monolithic entity expressing the Common Will.
> Since no large quantity of human beings can have a common will, the Leader
> pretends to be their interpreter. Having lost their power of delegation,
> citizens do not act; they are only called on to play the role of the
> People. Thus the People is only a theatrical fiction. To have a good
> instance of qualitative populism we no longer need the Piazza Venezia in
> Rome or the Nuremberg Stadium. There is in our future a TV or Internet
> populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens
> can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.
> >
> > Because of its qualitative populism Ur-Fascism must be/against “rotten”
> parliamentary governments/. One of the first sentences uttered by Mussolini
> in the Italian parliament was “I could have transformed this deaf and
> gloomy place into a bivouac for my maniples” — “maniples” being a
> subdivision of the traditional Roman legion. As a matter of fact, he
> immediately found better housing for his maniples, but a little later he
> liquidated the parliament. Wherever a politician casts doubt on the
> legitimacy of a parliament because it no longer represents the Voice of the
> People, we can smell Ur-Fascism." from UR-FASCISM
> >
> >
> >
> >
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