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The Ambiguity of Contemporary Fascism: Simulacra and the Consumer Society - Prometheus Magazine
Adam C. Jones looks at how neoliberalism has restructured classical fascism's political subjects, producing a "Simulacral Fascism".
![The marriage of the capitalist political economy and technology has long been a disciplinary and disempowering tool for the musician. The invention of the gramophone was quickly seen by theatre directors as ‘a way of eliminating noise from the wings and pressuring musicians in the case of a strike.’7 Long before AI showed up, the record industry’s willingness to treat artists who might sound similar as interchangeable meant that ‘musicians and performers [were] separated into two classes: the stars of repetition – disembodied, ground up, manipulated, and resembled on record – and the anonymous functionaries of the local festival, minor bands, residue of representation.’ What is the scraping done by AI models if not but the continuation and development of this disembodying process?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zy5atdp2h4kdvdwhzoktnt7e/bafkreihotujuklumx4fw5bp2aysuccbs247jywfwcvamc7uarxng77c7qa)
