Bubble Buddhism: the Ideal Fascist Subject
The ideal subject of Fascism is not the loyal Nazi or the ideological fascist—it is the self-absorbed Buddhist who lives in a self-sealing vacuum of narco-leptic meditative states, psychic calm and bliss, unperturbed by Disturbing Historical Memories and Critical Knowledge–all of which are labeled ’empty’ and dismissed from a Buddhist fantasy world of transcendent absolutes.
Trump’s War on Dangerous Memory and Critical Thought
By Henry A. Giroux
Source: Counterpunch
March 14, 2017
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
― Hannah Arendt
People living in the United States have entered into one of the most dangerous periods of the 21st century. Donald Trump, the president elect, is not only a twisted caricature of every variation of economic, political, educational, and social fundamentalism, he is the apogee…
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