Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.online/@newsthump/116708819684761157

His disgusting Nuremberg-like rallies were a preview. I remember being completely aghast and shocked when he would tell his supporters to punch protestors who showed up at his rally. This #UFC grotesquerie is Walter Benjamin's theory about the aestheticization of politics = #fascism come true.

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Colorblind Cowboy

@CindyWeinstein @newsthump Every time I see photos of the UFC cage at the White House, I think of “In the Colosseum” by Tom Waits.

Tom’s song is no longer metaphor.

https://youtu.be/1r_i7-w6SdI

Tom Waits - "In The Colosseum"

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cobalt 22h ago

@colorblindcowboy @CindyWeinstein @newsthump He and the others could see ahead from 1992 here to this culmination here but now I wonder if he and Massive Attack figured back then that of course the Coliseum would always have Boots on the Ground to provide the right security and pre-emptive strikes on unruly masses. https://youtu.be/kVTVWRaAImM

Boots on the Ground

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