tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post6963005534574162236..comments2024-02-20T09:54:37.105-06:00Comments on Talking About Ritual Magick: Fascism and the OccultFrater.Barrabbashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-83535817813936385112017-07-27T21:54:12.639-05:002017-07-27T21:54:12.639-05:00Beautiful explanation! And the Western neoliberal ...Beautiful explanation! And the Western neoliberal world where JahBullOn dominates, increasingly fascist and Nazionist.Œduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398730237935538258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-1657528021777054592016-03-14T14:23:08.464-05:002016-03-14T14:23:08.464-05:00I don't agree - Fascism has always been the co...I don't agree - Fascism has always been the core movement of a minority. It only comes out in public when it is strong enough to influence and abrogate the power of the press. Then it is too powerful to easily defeat, since by controlling the media, it becomes a supposed popular movement. <br /><br />Fascism is a powerful emotional based political ideology - it is easy to be seduced by it and not so easy to fight it. Also, while fascist ideology is unpopular, it can be promoted secretly and discretely, using the techniques of crypto-fascism. <br /><br />Right now, the U.S. Republican Party is espousing an ideology that is a form of proto-fascism. It should be vigorously opposed by intellectuals, the political opposition, the press and members of the same party. It shouldn't have a place in the U.S. political discourse. <br /><br />I think that vigilance is not inappropriate, and it isn't paranoid to be suspicious of those who are espousing beliefs and sentiments that are on the cusp of fascist ideology. Call them out via social media and getting them to declare their true intentions is probably a good thing. <br /><br />If you read my article carefully you will see that fascism is a very attractive and seductive ideology. As long as people gravitate to authoritarianism and seek to retrieve a past golden epoch that they believe has been lost (by the actions of some targeted "other") we will be in danger from this ideology. Frater.Barrabbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-53747871439165836282016-03-14T12:31:23.648-05:002016-03-14T12:31:23.648-05:00While there is a certain amount of truth to the mu...While there is a certain amount of truth to the much-repeated formula that "fascism was a reaction against liberal democracy", it is also (and probably more importantly) true that fascism was actual a direct consequence of the popular democracy. That's because fascism was a genuinely mass movement. Any "fascism" that doesn't have the support of millions of people isn't really fascism. Fascism isn't an idea - it is a social phenomenon - and as a social phenomenon it only exists when it is a truly mass popular movement. This is important because otherwise we find ourselves trying to concoct various ideological litmus tests to guard ourselves against crypto-fascists lurking under the bed-sheets. Real fascism does not hide in the corners pretending to be something else. It goose-steps down the street in broad daylight - proudly proclaiming it's ideas and it's goals. Hunting for supposed crypto-fascists has become too much of an obsession among modern Pagans and Occultists. There are real honest-to-Gods white supremacists who call themselves Heathens - but these are easy to spot. These are the ones openly promulgating racist ideas and braking bread with people like David Duke. Apuleius Platonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761230673724504084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-58735054357634887822016-03-12T19:21:07.688-06:002016-03-12T19:21:07.688-06:00Hi Frater Barrabbas!
Thank you for the article - ...Hi Frater Barrabbas!<br /><br />Thank you for the article - very good and timely as we enter an age where again more right wing ideologies are merging with populism and personality cults. <br />"Love is the ultimate self-government" that is a great phrase!Mitchell Noltehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792959084106299805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-38391570778871972672016-03-11T13:09:30.491-06:002016-03-11T13:09:30.491-06:00Excellent article about fascism! Thank you for ta...Excellent article about fascism! Thank you for taking the time to write it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com