On 08/01/2021 16:13, Geert Lovink wrote: > Good question, Keith. > > Was it a putch without a purpose of a mob without a cause? For sure they were > all revved up, dazed by meme magick and shit, looking for the best selfie > opportunity. > > Once we enter the heart of the power, and roam around there, we do not face > power as such. No need to repeat here what Foucault and many other after him > have written about power. We know, but what if one has to experience this at > first hand, as riot tourists? > > The warriors were running through corridors, without a plan, needless to say, > without their leader, as he was sitting in front of his TV set, around the > corner, enjoying the images, watching the spectacle unfold, yet remaining > silent at the decisive moment. > > There was no command, no plan, not even a serious counterforce. At best it > was a ‘disruption’ such as promoted by Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
Looked a little like an anti-globalization/anarchist/direct action of the 90s early 00s. The liberal media, its career commentators and others with vested interests also called that terrorism. Now it is a capitalist innovation strategy and a moment of relief and 15 mins of fame for the far right? # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
