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> associations of the term "accelrationism" with the extremes of the political spectrum Care to elaborate? I am completely unaware of these associations.

by nickpp 3y ago

pringk02 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism Though it has left-wing and right-wing variants, accelerationism argues that one should double down on capitalisim in order to destroy it.
- timmytokyo 3y ago
  The variant supported by most Silicon Valley types appears to be the right-wing one. Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto" cites Filippo Marinetti, founder of the Italian futurist and fascist movements, as one of its "patron saints". Also included: Nick Land, spiritual father of the "dark enlightenment" accelerationist philosophy known known as neoreaction.
  - malermeister 3y ago
    Most Silicon Valley VC types are poorly disguised crypto- (excuse the double entendre) fascists.
- zozbot234 3y ago
  That was Marx's original theory - capitalism had to reach its full and complete development before it could transition into socialism. This is still understood in China as their rationale for supporting a market economy even in a supposedly 'socialist' country.
EA-3167 3y ago
Accelerationists believe that the only way for a new political/social system to emerge (Communism, Fascism, whateverism) is to accelerate the downfall of status quo. So instead of engaging with the system and trying to change it, they try to enhance the worst aspects of it in the hopes that will drive people to (generally violent) revolution. It is obviously a niche ideology you rarely run into offline, and when you do it's generally young, mentally ill, or simply very damaged people who can't imagine life ever getting better without the world burning first.
- nickpp 3y ago
  So it looks to me like the only thing they all have in common is the root word "to accelerate" - otherwise they are completely different ideologies.
dist-epoch 3y ago
For example the Proud Boys far-right US group are also accelerationists: https://ctc.westpoint.edu/uniting-for-total-collapse-the-january-6-boost-to-accelerationism/ https://ctc.westpoint.edu/uniting-for-total-collapse-the-jan... They want to accelerate towards civil racial war in US.

> associations of the term "accelrationism" with the extremes of the political spectrum Care to elaborate? I am completely unaware of these associations.

by nickpp 3y ago

> associations of the term "accelrationism" with the extremes of the political spectrum Care to elaborate? I am completely unaware of these associations.

pringk02 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism Though it has left-wing and right-wing variants, accelerationism argues that one should double down on capitalisim in order to destroy it.

timmytokyo 3y ago
The variant supported by most Silicon Valley types appears to be the right-wing one. Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto" cites Filippo Marinetti, founder of the Italian futurist and fascist movements, as one of its "patron saints". Also included: Nick Land, spiritual father of the "dark enlightenment" accelerationist philosophy known known as neoreaction.
- malermeister 3y ago
  Most Silicon Valley VC types are poorly disguised crypto- (excuse the double entendre) fascists.
zozbot234 3y ago
That was Marx's original theory - capitalism had to reach its full and complete development before it could transition into socialism. This is still understood in China as their rationale for supporting a market economy even in a supposedly 'socialist' country.

EA-3167 3y ago

Accelerationists believe that the only way for a new political/social system to emerge (Communism, Fascism, whateverism) is to accelerate the downfall of status quo. So instead of engaging with the system and trying to change it, they try to enhance the worst aspects of it in the hopes that will drive people to (generally violent) revolution. It is obviously a niche ideology you rarely run into offline, and when you do it's generally young, mentally ill, or simply very damaged people who can't imagine life ever getting better without the world burning first.

nickpp 3y ago
So it looks to me like the only thing they all have in common is the root word "to accelerate" - otherwise they are completely different ideologies.

dist-epoch 3y ago

For example the Proud Boys far-right US group are also accelerationists: https://ctc.westpoint.edu/uniting-for-total-collapse-the-january-6-boost-to-accelerationism/ https://ctc.westpoint.edu/uniting-for-total-collapse-the-jan... They want to accelerate towards civil racial war in US.