Philosophy Cafe with Ingo Farin | End Times Fascism

In their new book END TIMES FASCISM: And the Fight for the Living World, published in October, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor focus on how, mainly in the US, a kind of end times syndrome has gained momentum. They pursue this across three intersecting domains: (1) the “religious” discourse of an imminent Armageddon, (2) the technological trans-humanist dream of escaping from the devasted, destroyed, and collapsing planet earth to outer space, potentially facilitated by the merger with a non-organic super-intelligence, and (3) the militaristic preparation of nation states, primarily the US, to circle the wagons for an all-out war to secure resources and energy and to keep immigrants and asylum seekers out. According to the authors, these three tendencies tend to reinforce each other and culminate in something that they call “end times fascism,” designed to profit the super-wealthy post-industrial elites and to distract everyone else from the actually ongoing destruction of the planet through climate change & ecocide, and the systematic annihilation of humans in war and genocide. But it is not all doomsday talk. The authors also refer to a forgotten Jewish anti-Zionist movement in Poland in the early 19th century which made basic “hereness” – here where we live is our country – the nucleus of a neighbourhood idea without reference to a nation or ethnic group or tradition.
There are many questions that the book raises. I will give a very brief summary of the main points, plus some criticisms. (No spoiler here.) Everyone is invited to come along for a good discussion and share their thoughts.

See you then, ingo.
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