How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event (Read 3499 times)

rhayder

How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« on: October 29, 2022, 02:09:10 PM »
At this event, Paul Mason discussed his new book, How to Stop Fascism, which offers a radical, hopeful blueprint for resisting and defeating the new far right.

robtmc

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2022, 02:09:49 PM »
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macsak

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2022, 02:13:57 PM »
cool story, bro...

At this event, Paul Mason discussed his new book, How to Stop Fascism, which offers a radical, hopeful blueprint for resisting and defeating the new far right.


Flapp_Jackson

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2022, 02:29:16 PM »
Other great works by the author, Paul Mason:

The Mystery of Stone Circles

Investigating the Supernatural

UFOs and Crop Circles

The Pod-niverse

Investigating UFOs and Aliens

How to Survive Addiction


and many, many more.

Apparently, there's nothing this guy won't write about.  I suggest you support him.  Buy his book on Fascism before they are sold out.  I'm sure you want to avoid the rush of people buying as Christmas gifts!

 :geekdanc: :thumbsup:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GWQPYFL/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Considering the Democrats in power are the ones who were mostly curtailing our rights during the pandemic, I imagine the lessons are applicable to more that just the "far right extremists". 

Fascism knows no political party affiliation.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Flapp_Jackson

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2022, 02:40:29 PM »
I listened to the audio sample on Amazon for that book.

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

"Let's do a thought experiment.  Suppose in the last 2 years of WWII, the Nazis develop the ability to time travel and want to travel into the future to establish a new 4th Reich.  What period of time do you think they would choose?"

This is so stupid.  I read a book by Dean Koontz called Lightning about the Nazis developing time travel, going into the future, and learning from historical books and newspapers where they made their big mistakes in WWII. They'd then return to their own time and attempt to not make the same mistakes.

Sounds like Mr. Mason read Koontz's book, too, and decided to steal the premise as a "thought experiment" giving it an anti-Right-Wing spin in the process.

 :crazy:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Flapp_Jackson

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2022, 02:42:28 PM »
You have been triggered!

Mason, Paul (2007). Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global. London: Harvill Secker. ISBN 978-0-436-20615-3.
Mason, Paul (2009). Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed. London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-396-4.
Mason, Paul (2012). Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions. London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-851-8.
Mason, Paul (2012). Rare Earth. Harpenden: No Exit. ISBN 978-1-84243-846-6.
Mason, Paul (2015). PostCapitalism: A Guide to our Future. Allen Lane. ISBN 9781846147388.
Mason, Paul (2019). Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0241320105.
Mason, Paul (2021). How To Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0141996394.

This man is far from an expert in any single field, since he writes pretty much about anything and everything.  Not the person I would trust for an unbiased opinion in matters of "Fascism" or anything else political.

He's an author by trade, not an expert in political science turned author.  Do the math.

C'mon, man!
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Flapp_Jackson

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2022, 02:49:20 PM »
My point is, the guy writes about anything and everything.  People normally buy books that align with their own beliefs and ideas.  He's targeting the gullible Left by writing about the big bad evil Far Right.

Obviously, there's no money in trying to sell his snake oil to the right, because the Left is completely transparent and overt with their acts of Fascism.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Flapp_Jackson

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Rocky

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2022, 03:04:29 PM »
My point is, the guy writes about anything and everything.  People normally buy books that align with their own beliefs and ideas.  He's targeting the gullible Left by writing about the big bad evil Far Right.

Obviously, there's no money in trying to sell his snake oil to the right, because the Left is completely transparent and overt with their acts of Fascism.


"My politics?
I’m a radical social democrat for me redistributing power is just as important as redistributing wealth.
Socialism should be a project of self-empowerment"
Paul Mason

So much for everybody's equal.   :rofl: :rofl:
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
                                                           Franklin D. Roosevelt

Flapp_Jackson

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2022, 03:25:39 PM »
You can't stand the fact that Fascism is owned by the right and supported by Republicans. Nazis, KKK, Skinheads, and all.

Show where you got that "fact".

Hint:  It's a lie.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

ren

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2022, 04:06:22 PM »
Democrats are racists. They wish to own slaves.
Deeds Not Words

ren

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2022, 04:40:08 PM »
Democrats are Nazis. They don't want citizens to vote. They want all the power.
Deeds Not Words

changemyoil66

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2022, 05:00:59 PM »
It is obvious you don't know what or who you are talking about.
I dont think you know what obvious is/means

I dont think u know what means

I dont think u know what who means

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changemyoil66

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2022, 05:02:04 PM »
Keep voting Republican and lose your democracy and your right to change it with a vote.  Republicans openly admit they are against free and fair elections. Republicans want the power to ignore the vote and put whoever they deem appropriate in power.
I dont think u know what lose means

I dont think u know what democracy is

I dont think u understand how voting works

I dont think u underdstand what a free and fair election is.

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changemyoil66

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2022, 05:03:46 PM »
You can't stand the fact that Fascism is owned by the right and supported by Republicans. Nazis, KKK, Skinheads, and all.
We covered this already but...

I dont think u understand what facism is.

I dont think u know what support is.

I dont think who know who the right represents

I dont think u know the republican party is.

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aletheuo137

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2022, 05:04:04 PM »
cool story, bro...


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changemyoil66

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2022, 05:05:03 PM »
You have been triggered! Proof that you only see what you want to see. Blinded by your alternate reality.

Mason, Paul (2007). Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global. London: Harvill Secker. ISBN 978-0-436-20615-3.
Mason, Paul (2009). Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed. London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-396-4.
Mason, Paul (2012). Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions. London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-851-8.
Mason, Paul (2012). Rare Earth. Harpenden: No Exit. ISBN 978-1-84243-846-6.
Mason, Paul (2015). PostCapitalism: A Guide to our Future. Allen Lane. ISBN 9781846147388.
Mason, Paul (2019). Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0241320105.
Mason, Paul (2021). How To Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0141996394.
I dont think u understand what triggered is.

I dont think u understand what seeing is.

I dont think u understand what being blinded is.

I dont think u understand what an alternate reality is.

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aletheuo137

Re: How to Stop Fascism? | LSE Online Event
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2022, 05:07:08 PM »
Show where you got that "fact".

Hint:  It's a lie.
Put up your finger and see which way the wind is blowing!

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