For a more nuanced discussion of this topic, please see my friend Bjarne Knausgarde’s blog “Notes From Disgraceland.” There, he discusses:
The political subject of late fascism is an updated version of the old one. The industrial worker-
citizen, the authorized emblem of post-utopian depoliticized post-war modernity, now appears
in the guise of the forgotten men, the non-synchronous people of the political present[10].
He encapsulates the virtues of petro-masculinity: A patriarchal, weapon-carrying and 2
amendment-worshipping male, defined by manufacturing, motoring, his tie to fossil fuel
presents a particularly uncomfortable configuration in the light of climate change and urgency
for reducing or eliminating dependency on conventional energy sources, which creates
an urgency to imagine a new barricaded lebensraum for the heteronormative family protected
from the deviant other, which bundles together economic, geopolitical, religious, racial, and genital into a comprehensive crisis of order and allows fascism to emerge as a candidate for its
restoration.
That is one of the worst-written things I’ve ever read in my entire life. It reminds me of reading Jordan Peterson, like the author thinks they derive authority from how obtusely they can phrase simple concepts.
Maybe some people think this kind of writing is clever or impressive, but it just reeks of insecurity to me.
For a more nuanced discussion of this topic, please see my friend Bjarne Knausgarde’s blog “Notes From Disgraceland.” There, he discusses:
The political subject of late fascism is an updated version of the old one. The industrial worker- citizen, the authorized emblem of post-utopian depoliticized post-war modernity, now appears in the guise of the forgotten men, the non-synchronous people of the political present[10]. He encapsulates the virtues of petro-masculinity: A patriarchal, weapon-carrying and 2 amendment-worshipping male, defined by manufacturing, motoring, his tie to fossil fuel presents a particularly uncomfortable configuration in the light of climate change and urgency for reducing or eliminating dependency on conventional energy sources, which creates an urgency to imagine a new barricaded lebensraum for the heteronormative family protected from the deviant other, which bundles together economic, geopolitical, religious, racial, and genital into a comprehensive crisis of order and allows fascism to emerge as a candidate for its restoration.
Link to the post: https://notesfromdisgraceland.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/fraudulent-ideology-of-fascism-other-tales-of-revolt-against-reason/
That is one of the worst-written things I’ve ever read in my entire life. It reminds me of reading Jordan Peterson, like the author thinks they derive authority from how obtusely they can phrase simple concepts.
Maybe some people think this kind of writing is clever or impressive, but it just reeks of insecurity to me.
hmm yeah words