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Any error can be the unrecognized bearer of truth.
-- Umberto Eco

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #UmbertoEco #Error

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #360panorama #NewMexico

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔

How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?

Umberto Eco, Jean Baudrillard, Yi-Fu Tuan, Walter Benjamin along with
Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and others!

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔

How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?

Today we look at literary simulations, from the bedroom of Victor Hugo to the Orlando welter of parks and rides.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #bookphilosophy #bookpodcast #literarycriticism #travelwriting #travelogues #books #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations

While some in the #TrumpAdministration (not #ElonMusk, though) tried(!) to wear their #fascism not too blatantly obvious on their sleeves so that people would unanimously agree on it being fascism, https://aliens.gov/ paints a very clear picture:

#UmbertoEco describes several things that you can see on the #AlienFiles site as fascism:

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#uspol #MassDeportations2026 #politics #TrumpAdministration2026 #Project2025 #AlienEnemiesAct #HabeasCorpus #DueProcess #SecondTrumpAdminstration

Some background about #LawrenceBritt 's #CharacteristicsOfFascism, which was sold (but not displayed) at the Holocaust Museum. The article does NOT mention that Britt's list was obviously based on #UmbertoEco's version. Oh well...

Fact check: 'Early Warning Signs Of Fascism' sign was once sold at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sarah Lynch, July 2020

"While a poster with the “Early Warning Signs Of Fascism” was indeed previously sold in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Shop, it did not originate from the museum and was not part of any exhibition or display. Britt wrote the words in a 2003 article in Free Inquiry, which Syracuse Cultural Workers reprinted and sold with his permission."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/11/fact-check-poster-once-sold-u-s-holocaust-memorial-museum/5549019002/

The original poster is still being sold here:
https://syracuseculturalworkers.com/products/poster-early-warning-signs-of-fascism

#LawrenceBritt #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Fascism #Authoritarianism #SyracuseCulturalWorkers

@MarkHoltom This version is by #LawrenceBritt, based on #UmbertoEco's list.

#CharacteristicsOfFascism #Fascism #Authoritarianism #CorporateFascism

🤔 Ah, the mystical journey of tech—a love affair that starts with Umberto Eco's fax machine and ends with an avalanche of spam. 🚮 The real miracle here is not speed, but how quickly nostalgia devolves into a tirade against the evils of modern gadgets. 📠✨
https://maksimizmaylov.com/writing/eco-cycles/ #technostalgia #moderngadgets #UmbertoEco #spamavalanche #digitaljourney #faxmachine #HackerNews #ngated

Jean-Jacques Annaud – „Notre-Dame in Flammen“ (2022)

Als ich zum ersten Male davon hörte, dass Jean-Jaques Annaud einen Film über den Brand von Notre-Dame in Paris drehen würde, war ich mir sicher, dass es sehenswert würde. Auch wenn mir schwante, wir würden eine Held:innengeschichte bekommen. Also einen Handlungsfaden, der eigentlich zu jedem Katastrophenfilm gehört. Doch das hat er zu vermeiden gewusst. (3Sat)

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

[Unattributed, but based on the writings of #UmbertoEco]

"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DetentionCenters #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIDLaws #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent