Re: [FRIAM] Paxton's stages as a dynamical system

2023-05-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
Emotional lava at a lower temperature is rock. Fascism aims to create a rock, not lava -- the fascia that ties many into one immutable, controllable entity. Organizations and communities reduce mixing -- some folks are in, some folks are out. These "solids" should at least be porous, or they

Re: [FRIAM] Paxton's stages as a dynamical system

2023-05-10 Thread Prof David West
Once upon a time, I was a card carrying (metaphorically) bomb making (literally), persecuted (FBI and CIA in Japan) revolutionary. I was also an acid head, free love, hippy. The "card carrying" part denotes my membership in / participation in a "movement." The Paxton quote you shared — the

Re: [FRIAM] Digital Companies or institutions in Santa Fe?

2023-05-10 Thread Tom Johnson
Perfect. Many thanks. === Tom Johnson Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, New Mexico 505-577-6482 === On Wed, May 10, 2023, 10:41 AM Angel Edward wrote: > Descarte Labs > Flow-3D > > Meow Wolf > > Kitware > > Falling Colors > > Also: check the

Re: [FRIAM] Paxton's stages as a dynamical system

2023-05-10 Thread Jochen Fromm
Yes, Robert Paxton tries to describe the essence of fascism in his book. While Hannah Arendt and Erich Fromm described fascism in Germany, and Stanley G. Payne is an expert for fascism in Spain, Robert Paxton is an expert for fascism in France during German occupation in WW II. He argues that

Re: [FRIAM] Digital Companies or institutions in Santa Fe?

2023-05-10 Thread Steve Smith
SciVista - https://www.scivista.com/ On 5/10/23 10:57 AM, glen wrote: https://www.eyesopen.com/ On 5/10/23 09:40, Angel Edward wrote: Descarte Labs Flow-3D Meow Wolf Kitware Falling Colors Also: check the Creative Startups website. I was on their board for many years. In their early days

Re: [FRIAM] Digital Companies or institutions in Santa Fe?

2023-05-10 Thread glen
https://www.eyesopen.com/ On 5/10/23 09:40, Angel Edward wrote: Descarte Labs Flow-3D Meow Wolf Kitware Falling Colors Also: check the Creative Startups website. I was on their board for many years. In their early days they supported a number of local companies including Meow Wolf. There

Re: [FRIAM] Digital Companies or institutions in Santa Fe?

2023-05-10 Thread Angel Edward
Descarte Labs Flow-3D Meow Wolf Kitware Falling Colors Also: check the Creative Startups website. I was on their board for many years. In their early days they supported a number of local companies including Meow Wolf. There are probably some others that are either spinoffs of the national

Re: [FRIAM] Digital Companies or institutions in Santa Fe?

2023-05-10 Thread Tom Johnson
Thanks, Cody. Were they doing market analytics or what? Tom === Tom Johnson Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, New Mexico 505-577-6482 === On Wed, May 10, 2023, 8:34 AM cody dooderson wrote: > I briefly worked for American Spirit tobacco in my early

Re: [FRIAM] Paxton's stages as a dynamical system

2023-05-10 Thread glen
I haven't read Anatomy of Fascism. But one of the things I worry about, even though I make my career from it, is arguing by analogy. It sounds like Paxton is attempting to essentialize fascism. Is that the case? We've explored, a bit on this list, some problems with essentialism and

Re: [FRIAM] Digital Companies or institutions in Santa Fe?

2023-05-10 Thread cody dooderson
I briefly worked for American Spirit tobacco in my early twenties. I believe they are still headquartered in Santa Fe. On Tue, May 9, 2023, 4:32 PM Tom Johnson wrote: > Can any locals suggest other high-level companies (e.g. Simtable) or > institutions (e.g. SFI) in Santa Fe? > Jon, what's the

Re: [FRIAM] Paxton's stages as a dynamical system

2023-05-10 Thread Jochen Fromm
I don't know much about South Africa but one direction towards higher stages of Paxton's fascism scale is certainly democratic backsliding. Democratic backsliding can happen if a country is in a deep crisis and has a "strongman" leader which longs to stay in power. Orban in Hungary, Erdoğan in

Re: [FRIAM] Paxton's stages as a dynamical system

2023-05-10 Thread Pieter Steenekamp
We're facing a difficult situation in South Africa. The upcoming BRICS summit in Cape Town, scheduled for August 22-24, includes an invitation to Putin. However, the International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for his arrest due to allegations of illicit dealings with Ukrainian children. As