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Anthony
It's worth bearing in mind as we read more and more news about "AI" being shoved into every nook and cranny of the US federal government:
The right loves AI-generated imagery. In a short time, a full half of the political spectrum has collectively fallen for the glossy, disturbing visuals created by generative AI. Despite its proponents having little love, or talent, for any form of artistic expression, right wing visual culture once ranged from memorable election-year posters to ‘terrorwave’. Today it is slop, almost totally.
From AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/

I'm not finding the reference right now but I've read similar observations about writing as well: the political right used to have talented writers, but nowadays not so much.

(This is not an invitation for "duh, they're just MAGA idiots" responses or variations on that theme. I'm as frustrated as the next person about the political climate but I'm not here for that).

#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #FarRight #RightWing
New SocialistAI: The New Aesthetics of FascismIt's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
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Kenneth M Sweeney

In the latest episode of The Comfortable Spot podcast, I chated with historian Don Wildman and we of course talked about #history repeating itself. You can access the podcast 👇. It had me thinking about history helping us to see the signs of #totalitarianism in modern #society how we can combat it so here's a 🧵on my thoughts. Keen to hear from you too. #FacistState #Nazis #farright #Germany #Trump. thecomfortablespotpodcast.com/

The Comfortable Spot Podcast · Don WildmanExploring America’s past and present : where history meets curiosity Apple Spotify Amazon Linktree Many people are second-guessing their feelings about American history because we’ve learned so muc…
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rhtunstall

#StephenHarper’s recent public endorsement of #PierrePoilievre provides us with a direct link from #FarRight authoritarian #VictorOrban to #quisling #Conservatives idolizing populist Pierre’s power grab ambitions of grandeur.

Orban, Harper’s IDU BFF, was integral to enacting #Trump’s #authoritarian playbook, even sending a team of his best to assist in the creation of #Project2025.

My hope is that this endorsement from an illiberal, morally bankrupt boomer, heavily invested in Israeli security technology and chairman of the destructive Far Right #IDU actively threatening democratic stability worldwide; backfires on #Poilievre.

Stephen Harper’s endorsement should be seen for what it is; a call to arms against “wokeness” and transparency in the interests of stifling democracy for a global far right alliance that seeks to install dictators around the world.

Hold the line #Canada, we got this. #elbowsup

#VoteABC
#VoteStrategicallyABC #cdnpoli #canpoli #Election2025
#Elxn45

8vc.com/resources/stephen-harp

flipboard.com/@cbcnews/british

@Crispius @CanadianCrone @GottaLaff

www.8vc.comStephen Harper: Rejecting Wokeness, Addressing China, and Defending Western Values | Video | 8VCJul 27, 2021 - -
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sheislaurence

🧵 2/2: Sam continues: "It doesn’t matter what the #law is or even if you know the law, if you are surrounded by completely unchecked state actors with guns. And that’s every single governmental system that we set up for ourselves in the entire Western world. As long as we create systems for ourselves where we completely relinquish power to armed state actors we are quite literally begging to be oppressed."

#Palestine is #activism ground zero. Heed that call!

#USpol#Congo#Sudan
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Bongolian

Julia Carrie Wong: Loathe thy neighbor: Elon #Musk and the #Christian right are waging war on #empathy: Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague

#ChristianNationalism #farright
theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

The Guardian · Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathyBy Julia Carrie Wong
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Kobiety w Sieci

Abortion Dream Team: On March 8, we opened the first abortion clinic in Poland – ABOTAK. Every day, we help women, but from the very beginning, we've been facing aggressive attacks from fanatics.

Shouting, vuvuzelas held up to pedestrians’ ears, wailing sirens exceeding 120 decibels – noise like that of a jackhammer. Elderly people are afraid to leave their homes, parents can’t put their children to sleep, and residents are being denied their right to peace on weekends and holidays.

Now things have escalated even further. A few days ago, someone poured butyric acid at the entrance to our facility – a substance not only foul-smelling but also dangerous to health. Our financial losses amount to several thousand złoty, but Polish taxpayers bore even higher costs for the disposal of the acid and fire department assistance. Meanwhile, the city and police have yet to respond decisively to this vandalism and aggression. Look what they did to us.

And all of this is happening at Wiejska 9 – just 10 steps away from the Parliament and the Presidential Chancellery.

Do we really have to wait until someone gets hurt?

Will the Warsaw authorities and the Polish police finally take action?

Can the Civic Coalition’s presidential candidate, who promises to legalize abortion, ensure safety in his own city?

Let’s not allow this to continue! Help us bring attention to these attacks and pressure the authorities to respond!

Sign aur appeal "STOP HARRASING WOMEN":
actionnetwork.org/forms/stop-n

We cannot be intimidated. ABOTAK is staying and needs your support!

Thank you that we can count on you!

#poland #abortion #women #womenrights #protest #aboyes #farright #violence #humanrights #AbortionDreamTeam @polisz

STOP HARASSING WOMEN violence attacks vandalism 120dB noise butyric acid
photos: prostest, sing desinged like Auschwitz concentration camp "abortion macht frei" fire fighters cleaning acid
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Bongolian

Just a joke, just joking, just kidding, or just satire, among many other variations, are phrases used to excuse harmful or bigoted statements and actions as mere jokes. These statements are attempts to exploit Poe's law, because it's often hard to distinguish genuine belief from #parody. Trolls are well known for using this defense. A user of these types of arguments is sometimes derisively referred to as a Schrödinger's douchebag,

#justajoke #poeslaw #troll #farright
rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_a_j

RationalWikiJust a jokeJust a joke, just joking, just kidding, or just satire, among many other variations, are phrases used to excuse harmful or bigoted statements and actions as mere jokes. These statements are attempts to exploit Poe's law, because it's often hard to distinguish genuine belief from parody. Trolls are well known for using this defense. A user of these types of arguments is sometimes derisively referred to as a Schrödinger's douchebag,[1] because like the thought experiment, they are either sincere or joking depending upon the reaction to their statements or actions.
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