Henry Giroux | A New American Revolution: Can We Break Out of Our Nation’s Culture of Cruelty?
It is about a culture of cruelty that is buttressed by a moral coma.
It is about a culture of cruelty that is buttressed by a moral coma.
Is it any wonder that experts on authoritarianism and fascism have been sounding the alarm bell for many months now?
Neo-fascist policies and practices now feed a war culture and demand more than a political and moral outrage.
Neo-fascist policies and practices now feed a war culture and demand more than a political and moral outrage.
War has been redefined in the age of global capitalism: it has expanded its boundaries and now shapes all aspects of society.
Henry Giroux critiques what he believes is a slide toward authoritarianism and other failings that led to the current political climate and rise of Donald Trump.
Neoliberalism fosters the viewing of pain and suffering as entertainment, warfare a permanent state of existence, and militarism as the most powerful force shaping masculinity. Politics has taken an exit from ethics and thus the issue of social costs is divorced from any form of intervention in the world.
I think that what youÂ’re suggesting, and what I believe is actually quite true, is that Trump and the Democrats really represent two different elements of the same coin. I mean, what you have is a savage form of neoliberalism that now dominates most of the globe, in which questions of power and questions of justice are completely removed from any sense of accountability.
We are in a new historical era, one that is marked a culture of lawlessness, extreme violence, and disposability, fueled, in part, by a culture of fear, a war on terror, and a deeply overt racist culture that is unapologetic in its disciplinary and exclusionary practices. This deep seated racism is reinforced by a culture of cruelty that is the modus operandi of neoliberal capitalism–a cage culture, a culture of combat, a hyper masculine culture that views killing those most vulnerable as sport, entertainment, and policy.
 In the age of Trump, truth becomes the enemy of governance and politics tips over into a deadly malignancy.
Around the world powerful and diverse possibilities are in struggle. We the signers of "Some Possible Ideas for Going Forward" think one high priority for progress is activists developing, discussing and settling on priorities around which to organize multi-issue activism in coming months and years. We hope this document can help inspire more conversations within groups and movements that, over time, come to a synthesis.
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