Understanding microfascism: reading Deleuze and Guattari alongside management guru texts
Sideeq Mohammed (2019) Culture and Organization
"the desire for fascism, power, conformity, and rule-following of which Deleuze and Guattari speak offers a productive way of understanding the success of the management guru and the broader allure of the management advice industry."
You can tell that we're the good guys because China does it to "forestall any potential unrest," whereas the USA "keeps us safe." with this "rare bipartisan act."
The Chinese government is "always on the lookout for real or perceived threats," but, fortunately for us freedom-lovers in the US, although "the F.B.I. has broken the rules [...] there are ways to prevent abuses [...] without compromising its critical national security value."
People should start preparing themselves for #SCOTUS granting #Trump#immunity and thinking about what they are willing to do to protect their families.
For the Women Who Accused the Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment. Report by Marilyn W. Thompson
Trump is well known for publicly bullying his political rivals, but the former president’s campaign has also used similar tactics to launch private, relentless attacks against some of its own workers.
A federal magistrate judge has ordered the campaign to produce by May 31 a list of all discrimination and harassment complaints made during Trump's 2016 and 2020 presidential runs, allegations that the campaign initially tried to keep confidential through rigorously enforced NDAs. Last year, a federal judge freed 422 employees of the 2016 campaign from confidentiality agreements in a class-action lawsuit brought by Denson, a major crack in the campaign's strategy.
' “Historically, people always, always don’t take it [authoritarian rhetoric] seriously.... " Perhaps they don’t realize that Trump is deploying the exact same tropes — against migrants, judges, gender nonconforming people, universities, the media, “Marxists” — now being used by autocrats in Russia, India and Hungary. “If you look at what Trump is saying … everywhere in the world the authoritarians are saying that.” '
This is why I keep reiterating that while voting for Biden is necessary to slow down the fall of the USA to fascism, it's nowhere near enough.
There basically need to be people out in the streets protesting nonstop, and organizing even outside of the elections for political reform - on every level.
Republicans understood that if they wanted to change the country their way, they'd need to put their stooges on every level of the government - and it is now paying off handsomely with the court system.
If you’re still confused and don’t understand what’s happening with the Hamas-Israel war (the genocide in Palestine) watch Starship Troopers.
It’s around to watch free…
Just look at IDF propaganda videos vs the satire propaganda ones in Starship Troopers. They’re almost the same. That’s very scary! It’s scarier that most people aren’t picking up on it or think it’s normal advertising.
We are finding out who the real fascists are in the world today. The christian Taliban leadership of Poland standing firm behind the genocidal regime of Israel.
EU should have punished and even kicked Poland out of EU when they became the torture center for CIA and US state department during Bush presidency.
But sadly, crimes against EUs so called fundamental foundation of human rights, don't cover crimes against Muslims or people of color. Not to forget their outrageous Taliban style abortion laws or continues torture, mistreatment and even murder of immigrants.
Tragic to see #Germany descend into #fascism again, from their robust defence of the #Genocide to their totalitarian criminalisation of peaceful environmental protestors.
The “unified reich” comment from a presidential candidate is worrisome. But the upside down flag AND the “Appeal to Heaven” flag from a member in the highest US court means Americans don’t have to worry about fascism. It’s already here, just not quite center stage.
What to do? Wait until the abusers admit they’re abusing? For the liars to be truthful about lying? Cooler heads prevailing?