Lars Maischak
@larsmaischak.bsky.social
Fighting fascism since before it became cool.
Lectures and Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMaischak
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My Book: https://tinyurl.com/53vkj2k8
Lectures and Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMaischak
tumblr: http://larsmaischak.tumblr.com
My Book: https://tinyurl.com/53vkj2k8
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Lars Maischak
@larsmaischak.bsky.social
· Jan 20
"But whoever is not willing to talk about capitalism should also keep quiet about fascism."
Max Horkheimer, The Jews and Europe, December 1939
Max Horkheimer, The Jews and Europe, December 1939
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this is the main message I'm getting from most of the coverage about Farage's racism
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
they want to insist that bigotry and racism is immutable human nature, and that they're the lesser evil because they express it in a polite and civilised manner
traditional colonial values
traditional colonial values
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
this is the main message I'm getting from most of the coverage about Farage's racism
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
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Lessons the Democrats are perfectly positioned to ignore.
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Lessons the Democrats are perfectly positioned to ignore.
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US government and media ('liberal media' included) have collaborated to turn the discussion about the murders of people on small boats into a technical squabble about one specific 'follow-up strike' with an underlying assumption that it would be justified if the two victims were signalling for help.
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
US government and media ('liberal media' included) have collaborated to turn the discussion about the murders of people on small boats into a technical squabble about one specific 'follow-up strike' with an underlying assumption that it would be justified if the two victims were signalling for help.
“This year, my favorite thing is vengeance.”
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“This year, my favorite thing is vengeance.”
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
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Rerun; Musks Verhalten ist seitdem noch schlimmer geworden. #MuskEnteignen #fckmsk
Da müssten eigentlich der Auslandsgeheimdienst BND, der Inlandsgeheimdienst Verfassungsschutz und andere Behörden zusammenarbeiten. Die Fabrik in Grünheide müsste ersatzlos enteignet und Musk und seine Vertrauten in Deutschland, besser noch in der EU, zu unerwünschten Personen erklärt werden.
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Rerun; Musks Verhalten ist seitdem noch schlimmer geworden. #MuskEnteignen #fckmsk
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The two slogans which have done the most to destroy democracy and freedom in the United States: "Make America Great Again" and "Vote Blue No Matter Who."
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The two slogans which have done the most to destroy democracy and freedom in the United States: "Make America Great Again" and "Vote Blue No Matter Who."
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it is the fundamental principle of eugenics and right wing politics in general
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
rewarding the strong while punishing the vulnerable
traditional british upper class values 😫
traditional british upper class values 😫
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
it is the fundamental principle of eugenics and right wing politics in general
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
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“[T]he liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism...”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“[T]he liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism...”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
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Racism never made anything great, and culture doesn’t need defending. It’s fucking culture, it changes constantly.
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Racism never made anything great, and culture doesn’t need defending. It’s fucking culture, it changes constantly.
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You really have to ask why more legacy media didn't cover this.
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."
An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You really have to ask why more legacy media didn't cover this.
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."
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„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
In the 1970s we lived in the belief that there was no problem that couldn't be solved with a spray from a can.
Today, after the brief reign of the app, this is AI.
Today, after the brief reign of the app, this is AI.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In the 1970s we lived in the belief that there was no problem that couldn't be solved with a spray from a can.
Today, after the brief reign of the app, this is AI.
Today, after the brief reign of the app, this is AI.
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👇😞
"Die Menschheit (...) hat jenen Grad erreicht, der sie ihre eigene Vernichtung als ästhetischen Genuss ersten Ranges erleben lässt. So steht es um die Ästhetisierung der Politik, welche der Faschismus betreibt."
- Walter Benjamin
- Walter Benjamin
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
👇😞
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Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
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"Generation Deutschland", ist ein Affront sondergleichen & an Impertinenz nicht zu überbieten!!
Grüße von links
Grüße von links
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Generation Deutschland", ist ein Affront sondergleichen & an Impertinenz nicht zu überbieten!!
Grüße von links
Grüße von links
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„Das Verbot ist ein legitimes Mittel gegenüber der NPD und anderen Erscheinungen, die an die NSDAP anknüpfen. Hier geht es nicht darum, mit juristischer Akribie Beweise zu erbringen, sondern darum, die Wiederholung des schrecklichen Unglücks zu verhindern, 1/
"Generation Deutschland", ist ein Affront sondergleichen & an Impertinenz nicht zu überbieten!!
Grüße von links
Grüße von links
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
„Das Verbot ist ein legitimes Mittel gegenüber der NPD und anderen Erscheinungen, die an die NSDAP anknüpfen. Hier geht es nicht darum, mit juristischer Akribie Beweise zu erbringen, sondern darum, die Wiederholung des schrecklichen Unglücks zu verhindern, 1/
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idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
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US universities aren't educational institutions. They operate like corporations and focus on indoctrinating students into joining the ranks of the professional class. The goal is to create competent systems managers that can't think critically and will maintain the status quo.
I dunno man it just really seems like American universities have lost the plot over the past 30 years or so and while I too love college football and basketball, the people making key decisions at them don't seem to care about their educational mission at all
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
US universities aren't educational institutions. They operate like corporations and focus on indoctrinating students into joining the ranks of the professional class. The goal is to create competent systems managers that can't think critically and will maintain the status quo.
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Finland has the lowest homeless rate in Europe. They designed apartment blocks for the homeless in which rent automatically adjusts to income, with mental-health support, job assistance & social workers on site. Stable housing creates a foundation for employment, recovery & long-term independence.
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Finland has the lowest homeless rate in Europe. They designed apartment blocks for the homeless in which rent automatically adjusts to income, with mental-health support, job assistance & social workers on site. Stable housing creates a foundation for employment, recovery & long-term independence.
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Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Preiselbeerleberpastete? Verarschen kann ich mir auch alleine. Preiselbeeren haben doch keine Leber!
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Preiselbeerleberpastete? Verarschen kann ich mir auch alleine. Preiselbeeren haben doch keine Leber!