Row 82312

Row ID: 82312 | Dataset Entry | Axioma AXP Content Repository

Content Data

This page contains data entry 82312 from the Axioma AXP content repository. The structured data below represents the complete record for this entry.

I reference it so much I feel like a broken record, but practically everything Trump and his far-right fascist cronies do is just a bullet point in [Umberto Eco's 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism."](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism)

In this case, you're highlighting the eighth of the fourteen points: that the enemies of the fascists must simultaneously too strong to beat and thus the fascists must be hyper vigilant, yet so stupid/weak/gluttonous that they could be easily bested. From his text:

>The followers must feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies. When I was a boy I was taught to think of Englishmen as the five-meal people. They ate more frequently than the poor but sober Italians. Jews are rich and help each other through a secret web of mutual assistance. However, the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. **Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.** Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy.

FieldValue
text I reference it so much I feel like a broken record, but practically everything Trump and his far-right fascist cronies do is just a bullet point in [Umberto Eco's 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism."](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism) In this case, you're highlighting the eighth of the fourteen points: that the enemies of the fascists must simultaneously too strong to beat and thus the fascists must be hyper vigilant, yet so stupid/weak/gluttonous that they could be easily be…
label r/politics
dataType comment
communityName r/politics
datetime 2024-05-24
username_encoded Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak1tZjFLdXpNNE1sTHgzR3V1MUkwZWNZZzFrdkZpTXllMGxPajh1MTdhSUhyd3RWVzlGUmZRZnBqNVpGaGM0TzE1WUxLVXA2cFc3V1paVnNuc0lSS05EY1E9PQ==
url_encoded Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak8zUlRWQmNwNHBWdTludzF0UGVJWWxqN082SFhWOV9rS2JiNWNYdWEwSy1JQjBfTGdlWFNnRWlzMTVNaU94bFU1azVIMEtLRUVVLXpOQ2JjdktXbEhFb1ZHeGVremhvQnpzZGdpNG1aam93S2ZWMVZjZ0x2a0EzaGRYdDdUZWxyZGd1c1ZUcWplNmphbllpQTY3ZWJpbjk2azI0bmV6WHVleG9IdHdWbTNZSTRrUmNPN0tudS1Vdmd5VGotOVk4RGszTVJYcjk5eWpyZ0tkWjZtS2haMUEzZz09

Raw Record

{
  "text": "I reference it so much I feel like a broken record, but practically everything Trump and his far-right fascist cronies do is just a bullet point in [Umberto Eco's 1995 essay \"Ur-Fascism.\"](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism) \n\nIn this case, you're highlighting the eighth of the fourteen points: that the enemies of the fascists must simultaneously too strong to beat and thus the fascists must be hyper vigilant, yet so stupid/weak/gluttonous that they could be easily bested. From his text: \n\n>The followers must feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies. When I was a boy I was taught to think of Englishmen as the five-meal people. They ate more frequently than the poor but sober Italians. Jews are rich and help each other through a secret web of mutual assistance. However, the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. **Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.** Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy.",
  "label": "r/politics",
  "dataType": "comment",
  "communityName": "r/politics",
  "datetime": "2024-05-24",
  "username_encoded": "Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak1tZjFLdXpNNE1sTHgzR3V1MUkwZWNZZzFrdkZpTXllMGxPajh1MTdhSUhyd3RWVzlGUmZRZnBqNVpGaGM0TzE1WUxLVXA2cFc3V1paVnNuc0lSS05EY1E9PQ==",
  "url_encoded": "Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak8zUlRWQmNwNHBWdTludzF0UGVJWWxqN082SFhWOV9rS2JiNWNYdWEwSy1JQjBfTGdlWFNnRWlzMTVNaU94bFU1azVIMEtLRUVVLXpOQ2JjdktXbEhFb1ZHeGVremhvQnpzZGdpNG1aam93S2ZWMVZjZ0x2a0EzaGRYdDdUZWxyZGd1c1ZUcWplNmphbllpQTY3ZWJpbjk2azI0bmV6WHVleG9IdHdWbTNZSTRrUmNPN0tudS1Vdmd5VGotOVk4RGszTVJYcjk5eWpyZ0tkWjZtS2haMUEzZz09"
}
Explore Dataset Explore Row

Entry Information