Today, the @ElectoralCommUK registered Britain First as a political party
#BritainFirst is a far-right, fascist political organisation formed in 2011 by former members of the BNP. The BNP was created from the NF
If it can be shown to insight racial hatred, could it be barred?
In 2015, Bannon told #CambridgeAnalytica’s @chrisinsilico to build a psychological warfare tool to hollow out democracy & rive open divisions in societies
It worked
The far-right are not only on our streets & TLs but increasingly pulling strings of power
In 2017, Bannon asked #Farage to be part of a "convening authority" to "knit together a populist nationalist movement around the world"
He mentions Modi, Orban, Sisi, Duterte
We can add Trump, @BorisJohnson & @jairbolsonaro to that list, & several others
Far-right nationalists are now trans-nationalists, connected globally & fuelled by huge sums of dark money, advanced tech & a network of ideologues (Bannon, Mercer & Thiel etc)
They may stay in the shadows but their vision is increasingly mainstreamed.
According in fascism experts like @TimothyDSnyder, politicians around the world are reviving century-old fascist tactics
They use populist rhetoric to stir-up divisions & harness the power of tech, big data & social media to achieve their nefarious goals.
“Democracy, which depends on shared truths, is in retreat, & autocracy, which depends on shared lies, is on the march” @SachaBaronCohen
The Age of Reason is under assault, but the people in the shadows embrace science & technology
It’s their route to untrammelled wealth & power
Our society is based on science & technology, but few people understand anything about science & technology
According to Carl Sagan, this is a “combustible mixture that will one day blow up in our faces”
I hope I’m wrong, but I fear that day has come
#PalantirPlan summarised👇
“It’s one thing to know that Peter Thiel espouses far-right views, it’s another to see how he directly enables them to run free.” @mehdirhasan on Facebook/Trump scandal
Palantir rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica who were funded by Mercer & run by Bannon.
“And so by malice, stealth & brutishness a pattern is set
Less & less transparency
Less & less scrutiny
Less & less accountability
Until they are entirely unleashed to bundle aside the truth and speak only their truths”
Last week, Anna talked to me about life under fascism👇
“Open confession of dictatorship is far less dangerous than sham democracy. One can defend oneself against the former; the latter is like a creeper attached to the body of a drowning man.” WILHELM REICH
The 1933 Reichstag fire shows how quickly fascism can hijack a modern nation
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