»Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten, habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Juden einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten, gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.«

(Martin Niemöller)

When Mark Zuckerberg was trying to sell us on Meta verse I kept loudly wondering why he didn't get anyone to write him a compelling argument for why people would want it.

While the "AI" folks give a bunch of examples (mostly saying "you can have cheap machine servants like rich people do") it feels very much the same. The stories are so uncompelling, so ... inhumane?

"You never have to talk to a human" - yeah but that is what makes us human? Like being social?

"You can just generate artworks and stuff" - cool so I can never feel pride about doing something, expressing myself ever again? Great.

I was a guest on two podcasts this week. And while they both are very tech related and the current issue is way bigger than that I still think both got more important given the election results.

A lot the infrastructures we depend on depend on the goodwill and support of a bunch of people who just helped a fascist rapist become president again or at least did not have the guts to push back. Even a bit.

And as people interested in the commons we need to rethink our approach.

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

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