I love Moore’s writing but like a lot of White leftists he underestimates the West’s need for scary others. Without Soviets white chauvinists turned first to Muslims & then to immigrants (read: Black people!) & trans folk to demonize. Some of this is a return to old scapegoats.

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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.

My book builds this argument by explaining and interpreting how this logic extends all the way back to the actual first Mickey Mouse cartoon (not Steamboat Willie but Plane Crazy) and can be traced aesthetically right up into the MCU or the live action Lion King remake

I increasingly get asked why then do parties still do it. I don't have a good response but it has imho a lot to do with internal decision making, power struggles and political advisors. I don't think politicians should just "follow the research" but it is striking how many arguments are just wrong.

If you would like to learn more about why these products are not the sort of entity that can have "opinions", and also why the production and marketing of them is so harmful, please see my book (w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social ): thecon.ai

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John Berger’s essay “The Suit and the Photograph” is useful here. The awful suit is a signifier of not belonging to the suit-wearing class. sites.uni.edu/fabos/semina...

I keep a handy ColorNote on my phone of the ECHR main points, to ask people 'Which of these rights do you wish to be denied to you and family?'
Oddly, very few wish to eschew these for themselves; only for 'others'...