New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry — Second: once these fascist leaders were in power it was already too late to stop them. Precisely because fascists had no respect for democratic processes and the rule of law – things they had declared openly in seeking power – once in power, they were unconstrained by them and swiftly set about converting all of the powers of the government into a machine to keep them in power. And the conversion from democracy to dictatorship was remarkably swift, in Italy, Mussolini marched in October of ’22, rewrote the election rules in November of ’23 and by December of ’24 had effectively dropped even the pretense of democracy; just two years. Hitler was faster: appointed chancellor in January 1933, by March of that year he had suspended constitutional protections and ruled by fiat; just three months.
If You Don't Know What To Do | Cogito, Ergo Sumana — Then, ask yourself: what are you good at? What skills, relationships, knowledge, temperament, etc. do you bring? Given that, is there a good way for you to join and help with what this group is doing?
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed by Ezra Klein, Gavin Newsom, and the Political Class | Vanity Fair — The mentions of “debate” and “engagement” are references to Kirk’s campus tours, during which he visited various colleges to take on whoever come may. That this aspect of Kirk’s work would be so attractive to writers and politicians is understandable. There is, after all, a pervasive worry, among the political class, that college students, ensconced in their own bubbles, could use a bit of shock therapy from a man unconcerned with preferred pronouns, trigger warnings, and the humanity of Palestinians. But it also shows how the political class’s obsession with universities blinds it to everything else. And the everything-else of Kirk’s politics amounted to little more than a loathing of those whose mere existence provoked his ire.
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Little Guys — When too many things matter, in my work, in the world, when too many things require intense thoughtfulness and anxious deliberation, I revert to my primal form as an artist and make a little guy. The exact shape of the little guy does not matter, except that perhaps it is the only thing that matters. The knowledge of how to do this is encoded in my human lineage, like my mother before me, like her mother before her, like generations of humans who were compelled to make something out of not very much at all. The little guy is simply the human instinct to make something with little guy energy. If you carve a carrot into a bunny, that is a little guy. If you fold paper cranes from chopstick wrappers, that is a little guy. If you put googly eyes on a lemon, that is a little guy.
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I Am An AI Hater — I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it.
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