René Mayrhofer :verified: 🇺🇦 🇹🇼<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Netanjahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanjahu</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdoğan</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Orban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orban</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LePenn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LePenn</span></a>, and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Kickl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kickl</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/populist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a>. There, I said it publicly.</p><p>Many more western politicians have clear fascist, illiberal tendencies, including previous <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FP%C3%96VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPÖVP</span></a> chancellors and current governors (Austrian <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalism</span></a> does not work any more and needs to be severely limited to get back to a functioning government).</p><p>[<a href="https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000021253/was-kickl-als-volkskanzler-bedeuten-wuerde" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">derstandard.at/story/300000002</span><span class="invisible">1253/was-kickl-als-volkskanzler-bedeuten-wuerde</span></a> is a good summary of some reasonable criteria for spotting <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>, and <a href="https://www.diepresse.com/19301692/haben-wir-es-den-faschisten-zu-leicht-gemacht" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diepresse.com/19301692/haben-w</span><span class="invisible">ir-es-den-faschisten-zu-leicht-gemacht</span></a> gives more insight into the Austrian variant. <a href="https://www.aaup.org/news/professors-are-not-enemy-fascists-are%C2%A0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aaup.org/news/professors-are-n</span><span class="invisible">ot-enemy-fascists-are%C2%A0</span></a> gives links to the current US government fight against academia.]</p><p>The result of this toot is probably that I _really_ shouldn't be traveling to the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, or <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> with their current governments. Luckily, I still dare write such statements publicly in Austria and the wider EU. If I really have to get into political trouble, then let it be because I denounce fascism and oppose the abuse of technology to build surveillance states driven by fear. I will not fight with violence, but I can and will fight it with words.</p>