Status Updates From Reconnaître le fascisme

“Look how many subjects there are to study concerning the semiotics of silence. I invite you to consider, therefore, not words but silence.”

“The [fascist] leader, who is well aware that his power has not been obtained by delegation but was taken by force, also knows that his power is based on the weakness of the masses, who are so weak as to need and deserve a ‘dominator.’”

Rilettura in tempi sospetti.

“…an excess of information is transformed into noise.”

“The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is a call against intruders. Ur-Fascism is therefore racist by definition.”

“Thinking is a form of emasculation.”

The idea of “syncretism” being essential to ur-fascism makes essential sense in 2026 media and digital media when you consider hyper capitalist cycles….

The game theory discussion related to fascist conformity is FASCINATING, and truly informative on every level for me.

“Fascism was philosophically unsound, but on an emotional level it was firmly anchored to certain archetypes.”

“Mussolini had no philosophy: all he had was rhetoric.”

“Ionesco once said that only words count and all the rest is idle chatter. Linguistic habits are often important symptoms of unspoken sentiments.”