The Rise of Gyno-Fascism

The American left has always been rhetorically opposed to fascism, hysterically so at times, but there has always been a great deal of overlap between Progressivism and fascism.  The fascists a century ago borrowed from the American left.  Over the past century, the American left has returned the favor.  As a result, Progressivism has evolved into a strange hybrid form of fascism.

This does not mean that Progressives will be sporting armbands and khaki outfits anytime soon.  That cartoonish version of fascism that has been a staple of American pop culture for generations is not making a comeback.  Even putting aside the absurd characterizations, early-20th-century fascism was a product of the industrial age and has no place in post-industrial, technological societies.

Instead, what we are seeing in America is a highly feminized, mutant form of fascism that is unconcerned with the practical aspects of governance and instead obsesses over the aesthetic and moral aspects or rule.  The authorities of a century ago wanted to mobilize society to build things and advance their people.  The modern authoritarians demand you wear your mask and respect the differently abled.

This is an important point that cannot be dismissed: The American left is now dominated by the types of females who think taking their husband’s last name is a denial of their identity.  The men involved are either homosexuals or the sorts of male feminists who call their wife their “partner” and let them give the kids one of those ridiculous hyphenated last names.  The American left is dripping in estrogen.

In most of America, the things that one expects from government, like maintaining roads, are being ignored in favor of moral causes. State officials present highly choreographed presentations to let us know how much they care, but can’t be bothered to repair torn-up streets or broken-down schools.  Instead of big public-works projects, gyno-fascism puts all of its energy into making sure everyone feels needed and safe.

The nation’s human-resource departments now manage the culture.

Gyno-fascism is not about defending a physical country, but rather defending an abstract idea, no point other than to inflict endless torment in an effort to gain attention.   Of course, it never ends. The ruling class is now a needy girlfriend with a personality disorder, demanding we drop everything to hear about her day.

The old fascists dismissed liberal democracy, but were willing to participate in the democratic process as a means to establish one-party rule. Democracy was a bus they could ride to power, then get off the bus and rule unopposed.  We see this with the left today.  They give lip service to the democratic process, but in reality, they see it as a means to an end, where they establish one-party rule.

Excerpted from a Post by Z Man

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Will Fascism Come to America Through Its Colleges and Universities?

How Will The Next Generation Govern?

Since we already live in a world where we can barely order a margarita without being branded a cultural appropriator, imagining the next step for this generation of undergraduate Robespierres is not easy. The Revolution, as they say, eats its own. These days the grievance culture desperately wants to prove itself right. (If they're not, they'd have a basketful of brutal self-examination to do.) The extent they will go to justify their beliefs is as yet uncharted waters.

For now, there's no question they are manufacturing racism—their own and that of others—to prove it exists. And they have plenty of allies in faculties and administrations as far back as grammar school. The government helps out, too, with its Title IX encouraging a seemingly unlimited potpourri of victimhood complaints while linking honoring those accusations inextricably to taxpayer subsidies of the institutions themselves.

Although I am now only a distant observer, going to college these days doesn't seem like fun—for anyone. (I've said it before—Animal House has turned into Animal Farm.) Nor does it seem particularly intellectually stimulating. A minority of virtue-signaling provocateurs is ruining it for everyone else and ultimately for themselves as well.But as we all know, separation by sexual, racial, religious and ethnic tribes—what else can we call them, really—has been proceeding apace for some years now. Santa Cruz is only the latest stop along the way in this burgeoning segregationist New Tribalism.

"Black and white together, we shall not be moved"—no more. Not on our college campuses anyway. Many explanations might be given for this reactionary development—masquerading, as always, as some jejune hodgepodge of progressivism cum anti-colonialism—but more important and immediate is where this is taking us. The short form is: to Hell.

* Excerpts from Roger Simon's article "Segregation—It's Bad and It's Back!"