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How to survive the #broligarchy:

20 quick lessons for the post-truth world


In the wake of #Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers 20 simple pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump

#authoritarianism #Orwellian #Stasi #KGB #truth #disinformation #ThisIsNotPropaganda #PoliceState


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

Umberto Eco's 14 Signs of Ur-Fascism - Cult of Tradition - Irrationalism - Distrust of the Intellectual - Disagreement Is Treason - Fear of Difference - Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class - Obsession with a Plot - Humiliation - Permanent Warfare - Popular Elitism - A Cult of Death - Machismo - The Leader Expresses the Will of the People - Newspeak