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Mack is on page 49 of 164

“It is naive to conclude that the evocation of fascism signals a current renewal of fascism (it is precisely because one is no longer there, because one is in something else, (…) that fascism can again become fascinating in its filtered cruelty, aestheticized)”

^ originally published in 1981 & I’m thinking about the defanging of fascism that allowed the resurgence of it. aestheticized void reborn as real

— Sep 10, 2026 03:28PM

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Mack is on page 23 of 164

“Power itself has for a long time produced nothing but the signs of its resemblance. And at the same time, another figure of power comes into play: that of a collective demand for signs of power— a holy union that is reconstructed around its disappearance. The whole world adheres to it more or less in terror of the collapse of the political."

I'm back on my bullshit (loving Baudrillard)

— Aug 20, 2026 05:29PM