1- When I was younger) I thought that the lessons of #WWII would forever inoculate us against overt fascism.

2- When I was younger) I though that humanity, in general, had evolved past the point were SF scenarios of #DystopianTech , making existential decisions for us, could ever really happen.

Only took ~15 yrs of #DarkTriad #AlgorithmSocialMedia , elevating all batsh!t ideas to mainstream, to trigger both.

#DisasterCapitalist #Technofeudalism plus #Technofascism means
#The21stCenturySucks

So the New York Times has fawningly characterised Trump as a ‘risk taker’ rather than describing him as a ‘moron’ like the rest of the World are doing.

He may be a risk taker but he is taking risks with ordinary people’s lives and livelihoods. He and his cronies will be immune to the consequences of his actions or (more likely) will benefit from them. #Trump #DisasterCapitalist #VultureCapitalist

Naomi Klein identifies Naomi Wolf as a #DisasterCapitalist:
"Something new is also afoot: disaster capitalism mining our attention, at a time when attention is arguably our culture’s most valuable commodity."
#NaomiWolf #NaomiKlein #DisasterCapitalism
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/26/naomi-klein-naomi-wolf-conspiracy-theories
[h/t @cstross | https://wandering.shop/@cstross/110955062976446428]
Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative political reality

For years the writer laughed off being mistaken for fellow author Naomi Wolf. Then her ‘double’ drifted into a world of conspiracy theories and became a favoured guest of Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson. With the US standing on a political precipice, suddenly the stakes were a lot higher

The Guardian