What’s behind the Tech/MAGA alliance? A lot more than just a hatred of taxes and regulations…. It's a shared belief in a very specific moral order — a coherent, intersectional, organized system of supremacies. New @theframelab.bsky.social www.theframelab.org/understandin... - ThreadSky

gilduran.com • 75 days ago

What’s behind the Tech/MAGA alliance?

A lot more than just a hatred of taxes and regulations….

It's a shared belief in a very specific moral order — a coherent, intersectional, organized system of supremacies.

New @theframelab.bsky.social

https://www.theframelab.org/understanding-the-maga-tech-authoritarian-alliance/

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malignant-ficus.bsky.social•75 days ago

I read an interesting article that says that tech and AI always tends towards fascism, because for an industry obsessed with speed and efficiency, fascism is usually the fastest method of accomplishing that goal.

webrant.bsky.social•75 days ago

A shared belief in our minority control by concentrated capital.

https://bsky.app/profile/gilduran.bsky.social/post/3ldje5rmgu22k

eclecticradical.bsky.social•75 days ago

"It's a shared belief in a very specific moral order - a coherent, intersectional, organized system of supremacies..."

You know, Nazis!

eclecticradical.bsky.social•75 days ago

It also helps to understand Dr. George Lakoff's advice to refer to "small government Republicans" as "corporate government Republicans."

Then to remember what "corporate government" meant to Mussolini and Hitler.

feralrobots.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wish I could remember how Hitler's & Mussolini's views on this differed, precisely, but I remember learning it & thinking 'this is just a question of what node the graft gets routed through.'

eclecticradical.bsky.social•75 days ago

Pretty much, yes.

thewinningpitch.bsky.social•75 days ago

I like that framing… clever

eclecticradical.bsky.social•75 days ago

Dr. Lakoff is very good with linguistics and I highly recommend "The Little Blue Book" even if no Democrats appear to read it.

wadewarrens.bsky.social•75 days ago

Their pro-natalism patriarchy seems to sway white women with no college degree (10 points more Republican since 2008), but repels white women w/degree (10 points less R). But less so men. Why so polarizing among women?

drsallyryan.bsky.social•75 days ago

This election cycle reflected the long-time-forming confluence of malignant theology, nationalism, misogeny, fascism, with bald greed and reckless clownology that one could ever have imagined.

steevo57.bsky.social•75 days ago

In one word, Gil. Control. Control over everyone that is not them. So that they are free to make and break their rules which in turn will make them even more rich and powerful. I guess that’s a reasonable description of Facism.

ejcrotty.bsky.social•74 days ago

They obviously hate equality. They believe they are superior beings.

iamamyjean.bsky.social•75 days ago

Yep. This is especially hard experiencing this is the deep South. It's also why I've been feeling compelled to work more in Tech.

shademar.bsky.social•75 days ago

Eugenics

simnett.bsky.social•74 days ago

it's interesting/ironic that, historically, the coded way to declare yourself "right wing" in the Valley was to say you were a Libertarian...

sannl04.bsky.social•74 days ago

📌

davidgerard.co.uk•75 days ago

this is excellent

davidgerard.co.uk•75 days ago

amazing to think Luigi Mangione used to be firmly one of these

quite the heel face turn

(allegedly)

feralrobots.bsky.social•75 days ago

It's gonna be hard to access what he really thought or thinks, because 'do not platform the murderer' is suddenly getting taken ultra-seriously by the media.
Anyway, I'll just point out that anyone in tech knows a lot of guys who flirted with & then abandoned net.rationalism. Luigi could be one.🤷

davidgerard.co.uk•75 days ago

he was at the self-identified EA and living in a rationalist SF sharehouse stage of flirtation

feralrobots.bsky.social•75 days ago

Right, but what came after that? He was in Hawaii for...how long?
People can make pretty dramatic changes. Emile Torres was EA, for pity's sake.

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