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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Neuroses

Many neuroses are problems of information processing. Fascism in its early stages is an information-flow problem: the fascist side wishes to receive no "bare" information from those they oppress; the information must be filtered and censored, lest anyone see the oppressed as human beings.
On the other hand, the oppressed receive more information than before, and more than they want. The information encoded in riots, blows, and destroyed property - as well as vituperative words and images - are too much information:  the oppressor gets to send millions of subcutaneous insertions of metal-casings into bodies as Valentine's messages, and the recipients don't get off any notes of their own; one way info.

With image information, please note how many cartoons about Arabs and the Prophet resemble the old day anti-Semitic pictures of the Nazis, the faces becoming little more than  beards and noses.
The imagery of Muslims in the USA is very proto-fascist.
There are ghettoes of Muslims in Europe.
There is an information-flow problem developing itself very well. (My wife's hairdresser somehow got into a discussion with her about Muslims, asking "Is Allah a different God?" which is a mind-set that would easily slip into acceptance of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" given half a chance.)
Anyone taking bets?

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