Postliberal modernity - from Fordism to Muskism

"This is a worldview in which the technocrat is king; which piggybacks on the state to achieve supremacy; and in which only a select few deserve salvation. "
Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff , Muskism, A Guide for the Perplexed, 2026 >>
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/muskism-9780241805114

Quinn Slobodian on New Fusionism, Libertarian Eugenics, and Far-Right Capitalism >>
https://www.illiberalism.org/quinn-slobodian-on-new-fusionism-libertarian-eugenics-and-far-right-capitalism/

Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff, A Global History of Elon Musk >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTC4nFObac

#Muskism #neoliberalism #Fordism #hierarchy #exclusion #AI #AutomationOfConsent #NewFusionism #IQFetishism #eugenics #xenophobia #misogyny #paleoconservatism #neoconservatism #FarRight #book

"The Right’s ‘Natural’ Meat Obsession Is a Regressive Fantasy" by @sentientmedia

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Another component for Kennedy of what constitutes “natural” is taking on things like red food dye, seed oils and ultra-processed foods — while promoting tallow, raw milk and grass-fed beef.
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https://sentientmedia.org/mahas-natural-foods-obsession/

Vegans often are faced with fallacious arguments, and one of the most common is the Naturalistic fallacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_fallacy

However, this is often a bad faith disguise. The use of naturalistic fallacies in these contexts, such as the claim that consuming animals is "good" because it's natural, is a disguise for another more insidious fallacy: the traditionalist fallacy or "appeal to tradition".

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition

The traditionalist fallacy is, in this context, the argument that "consuming animals is good because we've done it for thousands of years".

Traditionalism is heavily political, as the people are finding out again in places such as the US. It's sometimes known as "paleoconservatism", and it should be no surprise that the popularity of the "paleo diet" culturally connects to this.

Conservatives, ever since the rise of modernity (end of 'traditional' society, end of monarchism and feudalism) have been trying to reinvent the past through pseudointellectual and pseudoscientific efforts. This has been at the heart of incredible amounts of suffering and horror since then. I have some notes on that on my pinned thread: https://veganism.social/deck/@veganpizza69/110813538364525265

Bullshit & snake oil are not vegan.

#MAHA #meat #grassFed #animalIndustry #CAFO #intensivization #extensivization #sustainability #fascism #ecofascism #conservatism #traditionalism #paleoconservatism #paleo #paleodiet #traditions #tradwife #pseudoscience #scam #antivaccine #antivaxx #grifters #sustainability #snakeoil

Très intéressant.
Comme d'habitude, tout arrive 5/6 ans plus tard des USA.

Comprendre la montée de l'extrême-droite en France dans le patronat à l'aune de l’ascension MAGA en 2016 dans le patronnat US.

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"Divers travaux universitaires ont pu démontrer l’implantation du vote d’extrême droite dans les espaces ruraux français.
Des enquêtes reprises par les médias, si bien que l’idée que les classes populaires rurales ont viré RN s’est assez largement répandue.
De fait, cette réalité est corroborée par une série de chiffres.

En revanche, comme l’explique notre invité, le sociologue Théo Bourgeron, il faut faire attention à rendre compte de la diversité du vote à l’extrême droite.

Car, en plus des ouvriers et petits employés, il y a aussi de plus en plus de patrons et grands patrons français qui soutiennent, font campagne, donnent de l’argent.
Une nouveauté qui trouve son explication dans la manière dont le RN, dans son programme, met en avant tout un tas de réformes favorables à certains secteurs économiques, notamment la finance dite « alternative ».

#ExtremeDroite #Patronat #RN #Sociologie #Fascism
#PaleoConservatism

https://www.blast-info.fr/emissions/2024/grand-patronat-et-extreme-droite-les-nouveaux-collabos-GFdr-JFZSpqGj45sc1pkmg

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#History #Republicans #Paleoconservatism #Conspiracy

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I'm a bit confused.

I've never heard of a "Bircher Manifesto". As you cite the year 1958, which was their creation date, you are probably referring to the #JohnBirchSociety (JBS,) a WWII hero, who did not live to see that date: https://jbs.org/about/john-birch/

@wikipedia has a good summary of #JBS and its huge influence on #USpol in general and the #GOP in particular:

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society

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Anarcho-Tyranny: How the New Right Explains Itself
The term is the lens through which the blurry rage of MAGA comes into focus
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/anarcho-tyranny-penny-neely-sam-francis-new-right

The portmanteau signals an ill-defined middle class caught between anarchy from below/tyranny from above.
Anarcho-tyranny has become a favorite expression for proponents of a new populism on the right. Tucker Carlson used it ...

The expression belongs to Sam Francis—the late paleoconservative columnist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Francis_(writer)#anarcho-tyranny

#paleoconservatism

Breitbart Just Exposed a Right-Winger’s Racist Texts. How Did We Even Get Here?
The civil war between DeSantis & MAGA is boiling over
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/breitbart-just-exposed-a-right-wingers-racist-texts-how-did-we-even-get-here

[Ugh.] Breitbart published a report exposing racist & anti-Semitic messages f. Pedro Gonzalez, a Newsweek writer / editor @ Chronicles magazine, a paleoconservative on the New Right.

#Breitbart #RonDeSantis #Trumpism #NewRight #RepublicanParty #neofascism #AntiSemitism #PedroGonzalez #Newsweek #MAGA #paleoconservatism #RightWing #racism