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Originally Posted by Nich
Yes, this x100. It's not fascism though.
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Inverted totalitarianism is not fascism, that's true. But it's also true that it isn't incompatible with fascism. Moreover, the way education has become so much less accessible, and the way neoliberalism has systematically eviscerated funding for the arts within education, are probably major drivers of populism around the world. An educated and politically engaged public is much harder for fascists to influence. Inverted totalitarianism may not be fascism, but it has created an environment which is ripe for fascism to take hold.
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Originally Posted by Nich
Our racism is given to us by the media we consume.
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I tend to think this is a bit of an oversimplification. Racism goes a little deeper than media, it's cultural as well. The media landscape does influence culture, but we could radically change the media landscape and most of the culture of racism would persist for quite some time - the media landscape in America now is unrecognisable compared to the media landscape in America 2 centuries ago, but the same racism still exists.