#3 on Umberto Eco's List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism -

[Swede]

#3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

#3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”

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— Open Culture (@openculture.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T15:25:50.830Z

[tonkatoy8888]

1. Well, this is helpful

Since the beginning of this latest reign of terror I have been confused about this.

In my way of thinking, before your fire 70% of an agency's workforce, you do a thorough analysis of jobs, the number of people necessary to do those jobs, and any redundancies in the system. Then, and only then, do you begin terminating employees.

I should have known it would be this simple. And this stupid.

Thinking, the mere act of giving thought to something this disastrous and traumatic, is emasculation.

I should have known. The worst thing in the world to this group of insecure little man-babies is to have their masculinity questioned.

They're all a bunch of pathetic, immature fuck ups. Every last one of them.

[erronis]

2. Thank you for writing many of my thoughts so clearly.

Shoot first. Ask questions later (if at all.)

[InstantGratification]

3. Yep

I've been referring to this as the "Ready, Fire! Aim." administration pretty much from the start.

[twodogsbarking]

4. Shoot first, fuck questions.