In the Guardian: America is now in fascism’s legal phase Jason Stanley is Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of How Fascism Works. Wed 22 Dec 2021 “The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and … [Read more…]
Over at SWISSINFO is a telling summary of the Swiss newspaper editorials concerning the mob at the US Capitol on 01/06/2021: Swiss Perspectives The Tages-Anzeiger said: “If there’s one positive aspect to the storming of Congress, it’s that whoever still goes along with Trump’s insanity will now go down with him. In that respect, the … [Read more…]
I was reading an excerpt from John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, he writes about advertising here, (where you can read the whole excerpt) and below is the paragraph on glamour evolving to realized man overthrowing capitalism. Quite the leap! Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. The industrial society … [Read more…]