Re: <nettime> made for TV, made for social media

[Vesna Manojlovic <becha@xs4all.nl>]

Brian, all,

On Thu, 7 Jan 2021, Brian Holmes wrote:

> In my view, far from being a harbinger of possibly worse threats to come, yesterday's events were the most positive thing that could have
> happened.

As someone from an (ex) country who went through "this", let me tell you:
it can be both/and.

Here are some takes from twitter that say the same as Brian, thou:

Solitaire Townsend: https://twitter.com/GreenSolitaire/status/1347115498924871680
& the whole thread: 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1347115498924871680.html


" 'death flowering': it happens when an old tree is diseased
and rotting from the inside.

Trump, Cruz and the GOP in the US and other 'strongmen' attempts
around the world - they are death flowers
White supremacists - death flowers
INCEL misogynists  - death flowers

The chaotic growth, bursting energy with no direction, the urgency against 
losing entitlements, they are dying and know it, deep down. This isn't 
their world anymore.
Epicormic growth isn't sustainable. It's desperation.

But, here's the kicker. You can't wait for a death flowering tree to just 
fall. Foresters will get their axe when they spot them,
because these trees can infect and damage the forest itself. They are 
dangerous and their rot might pass to other trees.
You gotta chop them down.
Those death flowers are destructive and need felling."

& Bill McKibben

"I can't quite figure out how to say this, but 24 hours later it feels 
like there's something potentially healthy about what happened yesterday. 
The festering wound is out in the open now. The pus reeks, but at least 
it's open to the air. It's harder to gaslight people in daytime."

https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1347273450872832003


Your tweeting correspondent,
Vesna


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