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Democracy Now!Naomi Klein analiza el “fascismo del fin de los tiempos” de Trump, Musk y otras figuras de la extrema derecha mundial que “no creen en el futuro”La alianza entre la extrema derecha y la oligarquía de Silicon Valley está dando lugar a un “fascismo del fin de los tiempos”, según el análisis de la periodista Naomi Klein, quien recientemente ha publicado un ensayo en coautoría con Astra Taylor que describe cómo muchas élites ricas se están preparando para el fin del mundo al tiempo que contribuyen a la creciente desigualdad social, inestabilidad política y crisis climática. Klein señala que, en tanto los multimillonarios sueñan con escapar a enclaves fortificados e incluso al espacio exterior, el presidente Donald Trump y otros líderes de derecha están convirtiendo sus países en fortalezas militarizadas para impedir la inmigración del extranjero e incrementar el control autoritario dentro de sus propias fronteras. “El fascismo siempre tiene cierto tono apocalíptico, pero el fascismo de los años 30 y 40 tenía como horizonte” un futuro utópico, explica Klein. Hoy, por el contrario, “nos enfrentamos a personas que apuestan activamente en contra del futuro. Pero no solo apuestan activamente contra el futuro, sino que provocan los incendios que están consumiendo el mundo”.

This essay was posted about a week ago but I did not read it until tonight. I think it is instructive regarding the irrational, destructive behavior that is happening openly in America today. It identifies the possible beliefs behind it and offers an alternate vision for the rest of us to unite around. Worth reading. Worth reposting. #EndTimesCapitalism #apocalypse #ChristianZionist #EndTimes #fascism #oligarchs #ClimateChange #maga #trump #ElonMusk #capitalism #doge theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

The Guardian · The rise of end times fascismBy Naomi Klein

Finished Naomi Klein’s Guardian piece during rests at the gym. A speedrun to seize power before the end times ticks all boxes for “what is the plan?”

It isn’t just fascism. It’s turning the world into Galt’s Gulch. It’s William Gibson’s Jackpot. Not survival of the fit, but survival of the wealthiest.

#fascism #endTimes #tescreal

theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

The Guardian · The rise of end times fascismBy Naomi Klein

#Christians tell us that the #EndTimes are near, and one of the signs is the rampant immorality we see...but is it true?

The illusion of moral decline

"𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 #𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺."

nature.com/articles/s41586-023

NatureThe illusion of moral decline - NatureWe show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence.

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

excerpts:

An unspeakably dismal choice is being made before our eyes and without our consent: machines over humans, inanimate over animate, profits over all else. With stunning speed, the big tech megalomaniacs have quietly rolled back their net-zero pledges and lined up by Trump’s side, hellbent on sacrificing this world’s real and precious resources and creativity at the altar of a vampiric, virtual realm. This is the last great heist, and they are getting ready to ride out the storms they themselves are summoning – and they will try to defame and destroy anyone who gets in their way....

How do we break this apocalyptic fever? First, we help each other face the depth of the depravity that has gripped the hard right in all of our countries. To move forward with focus, we must first understand this simple fact: we are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species. The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.

Second, we counter their apocalyptic narratives with a far better story about how to survive the hard times ahead without leaving anyone behind. A story capable of draining end times fascism of its gothic power and galvanizing a movement ready to put it all on the line for our collective survival. A story not of end times, but of better times; not of separation and supremacy, but of interdependence and belonging; not of escaping, but staying put and staying faithful to the troubled earthly reality in which we are enmeshed and bound....

We have reached a choice point, not about whether we are facing apocalypse but what form it will take....

To have a hope of combating the end times fascists, with their ever-constricting and asphyxiating concentric circles of “ordered love”, we will need to build an unruly open-hearted movement of the Earth-loving faithful: faithful to this planet, its people, its creatures and to the possibility of a livable future for us all. Faithful to here.

#EndTimes #Fascism #Here

theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

The Guardian · The rise of end times fascismBy Naomi Klein