Authoritarianism is the term.
1/ In our ingrained reductionism we forget that none of this began with one man, instead what we face is the product of decades of agenda - foreign and domestic.
A multiplicity of vectors engaged in a discourse coalition provisioning agency.
1/ In our ingrained reductionism we forget that none of this began with one man, instead what we face is the product of decades of agenda - foreign and domestic.
A multiplicity of vectors engaged in a discourse coalition provisioning agency.
https://twitter.com/harrylitman/status/1587949071536336897
2/ Even where the different vectors of this discourse coalition of authoritarianism engage in internecine conflicts, as with Trump and Pence, the agenda remains sacrosanct.
Its agency remains focused on that agenda. Long games.
Its agency remains focused on that agenda. Long games.
3/ The vectors are variants of authoritarianism.
From fascists to corporatists, oligarchs to zealots, cultists to Quislings, abusers to white collar criminals - on a foundation of Might Makes Right mentality, connected by a force dynamic of transnational organized crime.
From fascists to corporatists, oligarchs to zealots, cultists to Quislings, abusers to white collar criminals - on a foundation of Might Makes Right mentality, connected by a force dynamic of transnational organized crime.
4/ We face nascent authoritarianism in a time of, enabled by, insurrection by oligarchy, the third in our history.
January 6 was one vector’s attempt to secure control over agenda, it failed because that vector did not fully control the agency provisioned by the other vectors.
January 6 was one vector’s attempt to secure control over agenda, it failed because that vector did not fully control the agency provisioned by the other vectors.
5/ If January 6 had succeeded, it would have transitioned our country from anocracy to kleptocracy and ultimately a variant of fascism.
It may yet.
Because the agenda remains active, the agency in place, and the self-coup enabled by January 6 continues still.
It may yet.
Because the agenda remains active, the agency in place, and the self-coup enabled by January 6 continues still.
6/ The other vectors, their variant goals range from criminal oligarchy to corporatist autocracy and theocracy.
There’s no lesser evil in what wages war upon us.
It’s all authoritarian, and authoritarianism is a system of abuse which, in the end, kills the host it preys upon.
There’s no lesser evil in what wages war upon us.
It’s all authoritarian, and authoritarianism is a system of abuse which, in the end, kills the host it preys upon.
7/ It is in no way self-evident for us as a society to meet the requirements of defending against authoritarianism.
Because even now too many of those who can clarify our reality and challenges fail to function accordingly.
Because even now too many of those who can clarify our reality and challenges fail to function accordingly.
8/ The first requirement to ward off nascent authoritarianism is always that of Big Picture Awareness.
Too many of us have neither means nor methods to establish it themselves. And in our media landscape all is narrative, atomised and reductionist.
Too many of us have neither means nor methods to establish it themselves. And in our media landscape all is narrative, atomised and reductionist.
9/ The second requirement to defend against authoritarianism is uniform accountability.
In too many ways, our society does not provide this.
It’s a bitter acknowledgment. From oligarchy dynamics to racism, from the pathology of extreme wealth to games of divide and conquer.
In too many ways, our society does not provide this.
It’s a bitter acknowledgment. From oligarchy dynamics to racism, from the pathology of extreme wealth to games of divide and conquer.
10/ Both requirements of defending against authoritarianism share common dependencies.
A functional Fourth Estate.
A participatory democracy.
A functional Fourth Estate.
A participatory democracy.
11/ As sensitive an acknowledgment as it may be, we do not have a functional Fourth Estate.
We have a mostly corporate media landscape, a purposely broken local news information ecosystem, a self-reinforcing force dynamic of opinion brands - journalism within constraints.
We have a mostly corporate media landscape, a purposely broken local news information ecosystem, a self-reinforcing force dynamic of opinion brands - journalism within constraints.
12/ The consequence is that it is up to each and all of us to engage in participatory democracy.
To connect, to network, to communicate, to organise.
To #VoteBlue
We can, must & will do this. Cause no matter which variant of authoritarianism, it will eat us all if we let it.
To connect, to network, to communicate, to organise.
To #VoteBlue
We can, must & will do this. Cause no matter which variant of authoritarianism, it will eat us all if we let it.
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