Comment by jml7c5
2 days ago
The total attention given to this is a little bit goofy given the small sums involved. According to Autistici Invenati's costs page[1], the total they spend every year is €20,300. It's strange to see it trumped up as anything like a major entity.
The current US government is trying to create a narrative where America is under siege from a shadowy army of foreign left-wing forces.
In particular, this aligns with several of Umberto Eco's fourteen properties of Ur-Fascism[1]:
4. Disagreement is treason
7. Obsession with a plot
8. The enemy is at the same time too strong and too weak.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism
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