Post #4358922
2026-08-03 14:17 UTC
@pluralistic@mamot.fr It occurs to me that if you're writing about the origins of modern technofascism, Filippo Marinetti died in 1944 (and De Ambris in 1934), so The Fascist Manifesto is out of copyright. And it leans *heavily* into the tech, for 1919 values of tech (internal combustion! speed! throbbing engines of progress!).
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@bjn@mstdn.social 2026-08-03 14:50
@cstross@wandering.shop @pluralistic@mamot.fr Yep, the Futurist Manifesto laid the ground for the Fascist Manifesto and is full of the love of speed and machines, revelling in violence “We will glorify war - the only true hygiene of the world”, it loathes women, hates thoughfulness and education. Andreessen’s recent “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” is an evolution of that, deliberately rewording elements of the Futurist Manifesto, but hiding the explicit love of violence. Hideous people all.