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I don't think vice understands what accelerationist means in the context it was used.

• ardy42 6y ago
  > I don't think vice understands what accelerationist means in the context it was used. Can you clarify? The article only uses that term once, here: > including in neo-Nazi Discord servers and accelerationist Telegram channels It seems like accelerationism is a concept used some of the most extreme white supremacist circles: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/11/11/20882005/accelerationism-white-supremacy-christchurch https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/11/11/20882005/accele...: > It’s called “accelerationism,” and it rests on the idea that Western governments are irreparably corrupt. As a result, the best thing white supremacists can do is accelerate their demise by sowing chaos and creating political tension. Accelerationist ideas have been cited in mass shooters’ manifestos — explicitly, in the case of the New Zealand killer — and are frequently referenced in white supremacist web forums and chat rooms.
  • blaser-waffle 6y ago
    The definition provided at the end is basically correct. The idea behind Marxism is that we're in an intermediate phase, before moving to Socialism, and then Communism. Guys like Stalin and Mao wanted to push that forward, quickly, and accelerate the transition to some sort of glorious workers paradise. Accelerationism is a right-wing spin on that, where they decry the modern world as unstable and due to collapse -- hence it's popularity with the militia/prepper types. Just like with Communist Great Leap Forward, the Accelerationism is designed to, you know, accelerate that collapse, the rationale being that the sooner it collapses, the sooner it can be rebuilt. And if there is a rebuilding, it can be rebuilt the way you want it, with an emphasis on authoritarianism, and a lot of implied discrimination, libertarianism, Christian Dominion, etc. Intellectually it's tied to the "Dark Enlightenment" pablum that's pushed by a handful of Alt-Right types, most notably Peter Thiel, but it's adherents are generally the alt-right 8chan-ner / militia types. Accelerationism's focus on the collapse of the US Government and breakdown into smaller ethnic and social nations is VERY similar to Dugin's "Foundation of Geopolitics"[1], and it's likely that foreign propaganda has embraced Accelerationism as a way to destabilize the US Government. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics