How #fascism works, and how to stop it: #Dehumanizing people is the first and last step in a fascist society

By Dave Gamrath | June 8, 2022

"#Fascist politicians typically come to power through a democratic election, but after being elected, the new leader rules society absolutely, demanding loyalty to him and to his ethnic identity. This authoritarian leader speaks on behalf of the country and aims to separate society into 'us' versus 'them.'

"'We' are everything virtuous. We are the makers: hardworking, industrious and exceptional. 'They' are lazy, exploiting government handouts; they are the takers. They are lazy criminals on whom freedom would be wasted. They take our hard-earned money and threaten our traditions. They believe in liberalism and #SocialJustice, both of which will destroy our culture.

"Fascist politics includes many strategies, including the creation of a mythical past. This mythical past includes purity of religion, race and/or culture. It was a time of glory, lost due to 'humiliation brought on by globalism and liberal cosmopolitanism.' Values such as equality made the nation weak. Inventing a glorious past requires deleting inconvenient realities. Past sins are erased. History is cherry-picked.

"Propaganda is an important tool of fascist politics. 'Political propaganda uses the language of virtuous ideals to unite people behind otherwise objectionable ends,' Stanley writes. The term 'draining the swamp' is a common theme in fascist movements; the false charges of corruption hide that the party is, at the same time, engaging in even greater corruption. Propaganda works best when confined to a few points brought out in slogans and simple language. It generates anger and resentment and gets people to the polls.

"Anti-intellectualism is a common theme of fascist politicians, who attack and devalue education and expertise to undermine public discourse. They denounce teaching perspectives that don’t fully support their culture. On his radio program, Rush Limbaugh once famously stated, 'The four corners of deceit are government, academia, science and media,' and he continued, 'Science has become a home for displaced socialists and communists.' Fascist leaders are 'men of action' with no use for deliberation or consultation. Hmmm.

"Stanley writes that 'unreality' is an important fascist goal — to cast reality into doubt. In that state, what is true cannot be agreed upon. The goal is to break down reality and remove the ability to assess arguments by a common standard. Reasoned debate is replaced by fear and anger. According to Stanley, 'regular and repeated obvious lying is part of the process by which fascist politics destroys the information space.' A common tactic is the use of conspiracy theories, which work to denigrate, delegitimize, impugn and malign their targets, to raise suspicion about credibility and decency. Conspiracy theories are the calling card of fascists, and help them delegitimize mainstream media. Reasoned debate is impossible when one side is basing their beliefs on conspiracy theories. Use of coded language becomes common. Dramatic inequality drives people’s willingness to believe conspiracy theories.

"Fascists believe that nature imposes #hierarchies that are totally inconsistent with #equality. Hierarches are standard within fascism — most importantly, 'us' over 'them.' Fascists believe that natural hierarchies of worth exist. Groups that historically have benefited from being at the top of the hierarchy can feel victimized by equality. Fascist politicians play to this.

"Stanley writes that #white Americans vastly overestimate progress toward racial equality in America over the past 50 years. Even though white men still have most of the power in America, many feel victimized. Reducing inequality often leads to those who had benefited under it now feeling persecuted for their loss of advantage. Fascist leaders exploit feelings of victimization to obscure their attempts at victimizing others. '#Nationalism is at the core of fascism. The fascist leader employs a sense of collective victimhood to create a sense of group identity.' A constant danger exists because of 'them,' including immigrants and those from other races, religions or political parties."

Read more:
https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2022/06/08/how-fascism-works-and-how-stop-it-dehumanizing-people-first-and-last-step-fascist

What Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán Understand About Your Brain

By Marcel Danesi, 07/30/2023

"My research analyzes real speeches made by politicians past and present, including those of #Trump, #Orbán and #Putin, using cognitive linguistics — a branch of linguistics that examines the relationship between language and the mind. What I have found is that throughout history, speeches by #dictators and #autocrats have one thing in common: they use #dehumanizing metaphors to instill and propagate hatred of others.

"It is well-documented that for example words like 'reptiles' and 'parasites' were used by the Nazi regime to compare outsiders and minorities to animals. Strongmen throughout history have referred to targeted social groups as 'rats' or 'pests' or 'a plague.'"

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/30/the-connection-between-political-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-00108378

#LittleManWithin #DivideAndConquer #Propaganda #Dictators #Fascism

BREAKING SOULS

Rightwing propaganda outlet PragerU’s materials approved for schools in Ron DeSantis’ Florida

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/rightwing-propaganda-outlet-pragerus-materials-approved-for-schools-in-ron-desantis-florida/

PragerU purports to liberate children from the "dominant left-wing ideology.”

#indoctrination #fascism #compliantslaves #killingthesoul #dehumanizing #corporatecogs #bestbusinessenvironment

THE NEW SCAPEGOAT
for capitalist labor abuse

AI isn't competing for your job, your boss just sees you as another cost to cut.

#capitalism #dehumanizing #scapegoat #costcutting #slavelabor #pricegouging #greed #antisocial #suffering #manipulation #manufacturingconsent #distraction

=> It is not #dehumanizing, when you call a #cop a #pig. <=

The first dehumanization in this game is when a human decides to become a cop, an executer of a pure penalty based system incapable of organizing resocialization in a money based society. This is the first step of dehumanization. The rest is just a simple finding, apig, or like in german a bulle, or better, a bullepig: #Bullenschweine.

Nonetheless it feels kind of #dehumanizing to read such a book because it mainly focuses on „deficits“ of autistic people - from an allistic perspective.

I do not see how (or that) most of allistic people at the workplace fulfill „requirements“ (or „unwritten values“) such as „tolerance“ (what a shitty concept anyway) or „honesty“ or „nonviolent communication“ or „organization / prioritizing“ in an appropriate way - on the contrary.

Früher konnte man den Arbeitgeber damit zufrieden stellen wenn man seine Gier als Angestellter unterstützte. Seit einiger Zeit reicht das nicht mehr, heutzutage muss man sich auch noch dem #Corporate #Dehumanizing unterwerfen.

2) #russian soldiers are #dehumanizing themselves. It’s like the #tale of the German WW2 #soldiers, which are like demons in story’s – are role model. And that’s the image they like to show to everyone? No #honor – no #humanity in every action done on the #russian side. No #good. #Meetgrinder – it’s my #unwort of the last year.
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Conducting research about people is a position of power for scientists and researchers across career stages. Mistakes such as #Ableism or #Dehumanizing language or methods is something many people do, often unintentionally, and changes can be made in line with substantive feedback. 16/

Some researchers are uncomfortable if #Disabled people or allies describe their hard work as #Dehumanizing, #Ableism, or other language. This is an opportunity to choose to onboard the feedback, engage in dialogue, & carefully investigate. 14/

Dear Rich People,
You know what fucks up your mental health? When you're at your lowest point and your best friends and family do nothing to help. Luckily, its something that the wealthy will almost never experiences. Money buys attitude that if you as a rich person experience any loss, you deserve help or at least sympathy. This is not so if you are poor. The loss of confidence and mental health is worse than being homeless. Its dehumanizing. #dehumanizing

Does anyone else get a little skeeved-out when your managers and coworkers refer to each other as a "resource?"

Kelly: "I was hoping I could get an IT resource to look at this."

I am in IT. What I want to tell Kelly is that I am not a resource, and that I am currently making food and coffee to start the day, and that I am a *person,* not a *human resource,* let alone an *IT Resource.*

You want an IT resource, go talk to a chatbot.

#work #dehumanizing #labour #culture #workculture

@dsoltesz

#Tribes? #Human beings are #tribes?
I thought only birds and animals, in a sense, nonhuman beings are described as tribes.

Human beings are described as #Ethnics and #Clans. The #dehumanizing of humans should be unacceptable to everyone.

@andrewstroehlein It never begins with "#powerful people #dehumanizing a #minority".

It begins with people at kitchen tables & the workplace, in schools, pubs, taverns dwelling on stereotypes.

The very same people later blame "powerful people" for the #genocide.

Claiming both they didn't know anything about any genocide going on; and that they firmly objected to what they didn't know anything about.

Having watched their neighbors being driven to the train station and pushed into boxcars.

> .. #TheMarket cannot guarantee integral human development and social inclusion.. we have “a.. ‘superdevelopment’ of a wasteful and #consumerist kind which forms an unacceptable contrast with.. ongoing.. #dehumanizing deprivation”.. while we are.. too slow in developing economic institutions and social initiatives which can give the poor.. access to basic resources.. our.. failures.. have to do with the direction, goals, meaning and social implications of technological and #EconomicGrowth.