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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 Warefare - Popular Elitism - A Cult of Death - Machismo - The Leader Expresses the Will of the People - Newspeak
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
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Mark A. Rayner hat dies geteilt

Great work! Sorry, just a heads up, the link doesn't seem to work for me.
That does work, thank you. I'm familiar with the text, but I thought it'd be helpful for those who haven't read it yet 🙂

Cheers mate
I agree, and I really hope they do!

👍
Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny” says much the same thing (but I think he identifies 10 signs, some of which might incorporate one or more of the above)
I read it and I'm glad I did! Thanks for sharing. I love that I keep finding great quality content like this on the Fediverse.
This ist great, thanks! Is there a higher resolution Image of your infographic?
Thank you very much!
I've been tracking the 'activation' of these behaviours by UK and USA governments for >10 years. Over 50% have been seen in the last 5.

Although not assessed numerically, I can also see it increasing in at least 3 other leading fossil-fuel-extracting states, and in one seemingly fighting to access a new fossil fuel resource.

It appears that those who are financially dependent on #FossilFuel extraction think they can safely promote and rely on #fascism in puppet governments.
thanks for the links.
Here’s another one you may find interesting
Cheers!

Thanks, but an infographic of purple text on a blue background isn't compatible with human vision, and pretty much impossible to print legibly.
btw, there's a typo in the alt text. warfare is misspelled as warefare
Good quality WEBP:


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I found interesting a recent interview with @andreaskemper when he tried to distinguish between fascism and other "flavours" of right wing ideology. He mentioned anti-feminism and men's rights movements, anti-abortion, anti-lgbtqia+, religious fundamentalism and such, which are right wing but not necessarily fascist. I'd like to see those incorporated into our "Beware of Hate Groups" infographics. They lead down the same path, even without being fascist.
Aaand in very simple language
Ur-Fascism (based on Umberto Eco)
in simple language

01. We’ve always done it like this!
02. Thinking is for losers!
03. Most important is to fuck shit up!
04. Everybody who is not with us is against us!
05. What we don't understand get’s a beating!
06. We no longer will get screwed!
07. They are after us / our land / our money / our women!
08. Our enemies are all stupid! — Beware, our enemies are all cunning bastards!
09. Life is struggle. Everyone who refuses to fight is against us!
10. Weaklings need to be disposed!
11. Only we are strong. We are all heroes. It’s the best to die a hero’s death for our
	women / our money / our land / our comrades!
12. Bloodbath is our softcore sex! Women have to zip it except when giving head!
13. Only we are the true voice of the people!
14. Ka-Boom! Cripple and distort language until we are victorious!
I'd like this with a "YOU ARE HERE" marker...right on the top edge of the NEWSPEAK circle.
Very good. Here’s the condensed version:
Red MAGA hat
beautifully done
That's a gorgeous infographic. It might be wise to note that there are many steps before those 14. Those in the infographic are only the steps taken once the fascists already exist, already know what they're doing, have some power, and have decided to make their move. Cult of tradition, irrationalism, etc, none of which the fascists buy into. They're just using those strategies as propaganda, to try and psychologically manipulate people into giving them more power.

(Ironically they do end up owned by the propaganda in the end, but initially they always believe themselves immune to it.)
It's beautiful and reminds me somewhat of LCARS in a weird way! :-)
Thank you for the original link. I hadn't seen it before, although I did read a couple of his novels back in the day.
My old eyes (I keep forgetting I'm old) had trouble with the contrast though - but that's just me and maybe a couple of others. It really is nice. Thank you for the work and the links.
Same thing, except black on white with a bit of distortion here and there.
thank you! 🖤❤️✊
Beautiful design!!
This is really excellent, Mark. Thank you for doing this. 🙏
/c @katestarbird
....excellent.