"It is recognizable by its determination to convert all public services to private entrepreneurship; all nonprofit organizations to profit-making ones — so that the narrow but protective chasm between governance and business disappears. It changes citizens into taxpayers — so individuals become angry at even the notion of the public good."
Toni Morrison, 1995
https://inthesetimes.com/article/toni-morrison-peril-racism-fascism-liberation-black-women-writers
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@strypey “…racism may wear a new dress, buy a new pair of boots, but neither it nor its succubus twin fascism is new or can make anything new. It can only reproduce the environment that supports its own health: fear, denial and an atmosphere in which its victims have lost the will to fight.”
You can certainly see in this the connection that leads to their support for what we call “AI.” It’s like the mindchild of fascism. A dead, empty simulacrum of humanity, void of meaning.
"It is recognizable by its need to purge, by the strategies it uses to purge, and by its terror of truly democratic agendas."
Toni Morrison, 1995
https://inthesetimes.com/article/toni-morrison-peril-racism-fascism-liberation-black-women-writers
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"It is recognizable by its determination to convert all public services to private entrepreneurship; all nonprofit organizations to profit-making ones — so that the narrow but protective chasm between governance and business disappears. It changes citizens into taxpayers — so individuals become angry at even the notion of the public good."
Toni Morrison, 1995
https://inthesetimes.com/article/toni-morrison-peril-racism-fascism-liberation-black-women-writers
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Side note:
In These Times appears to be an antifascist and anticapitalist publication;
Yet as is so often the case - even for such publications - the front page of its website provides free advertising (with logo) to 2 technofascist corporations (FarceBook and Xitter). Can't find any sign of a fediverse presence.
How do we help them understand why this works against their own values and long term interests, and fix it?
https://howtomarketagame.com/2021/11/01/dont-build-your-castle-in-other-peoples-kingdoms/
