Tessera
Folgen

Curt Milam

@curtismilam.bsky.social

Retired USAF colonel, Atlanticist, Europhile, lover of gothic cathedrals. After 16 years in Europe living in the Main Line west of Philly

3211 Posts646 Follower305 Folgt
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2w ago

In his 2004 book, The Anatomy of Fascism, historian Robert Paxton identified the passions that had animated fascistic political cultures over the previous 80 years. These may sound familiar.

eelings t hem "mobilizing passions": • a sense of overwhelming crisis beyond the reach of any traditional solutions; • the primacy of the group, toward which one has duties superior to every right, whether individual or universal, and the subordination of the individual to it; • the belief that one's group is a victim, a sentiment that justifies any action, without legal or moral limits, against its enemies, both internal and external; • dread of the group's decline under the corrosive effects of individualistic liberalism, class conflict, and alien influences; • the need for closer integration of a purer community, by consent if possible, or by exclusionary violence if necessary; • the need for authority by natural chiefs (always male), culminating in a national chieftain who alone is capable of incarnating the group's historical destiny; • the superiority of the leader's instincts over abstract and universal reason; • the beauty of violence and the efficacy of will, when they are devoted to the group's success; 219
hookland.bsky.social@hookland.bsky.social · 2w ago

The whole of England belongs to ghosts, Harrowhounds, a thousand folkloric creatures that scurry and floats its fields. Horned hobs and hoofed impossibilities make nests in our churches, bleed from our dreams into stone manifestation. We live in a monstrous kingdom. – #CLNolan

Bild
Curt Milam@curtismilam.bsky.social · 2w ago

My Top 10 Favorite Movies: 1. Good Will Hunting 2. Dirty Dancing 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. Animal House 5. Monty Python's Holy Grail 6. Spinal Tap 7. Bourne Identity 8. Star Wars (the original) 9. Apollo 13 10. Shawshank Redemption

Curt Milam@curtismilam.bsky.social · 3w ago

1/ I can see a future where the U.S. is ungovernable at the federal level, the states take over and the country devolves into a very loose confederation of like-minded states like this: New England: ME,NH,VT,MA,CT,RI Northeast: NY,PA,NJ Mid-Atlantic: DE,MD,VA,NC,DC Appalachia: WV,KY,TN

Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social · last mo.

Before leaving SoFi Stadium, Iran’s Football Team left a note in the locker room thanking Los Angeles for their hospitality: “We came to Los Angeles with pride, competed with honor, and leave with dignity….. may peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations. ❤️”