RT @ColetteColfer: ‘The important thing is to get to the children early, so that the new revolutionary message becomes engrained before the old older has a chance to instil its outdated, oppressive, hegemonic values’ – the always brilliant @MrEwanMorrison – best essay yet https://areomagazine.com/2023/03/15/cute-authoritarianism/

RT @anadromist: It’s excellent to see someone else doing solid work to understand the Cute dilemma we find ourselves in. https://twitter.com/MrEwanMorrison/status/1636065016947326976

RT @cultfree54: New forms of power are evolving which are using cuteness to mask their real purposes. We need to confront these agendas directly. It’s high time we stripped away the fluffy veneer from the authoritarianism that is on the rise, all around us. #WorthReading https://areomagazine.com/2023/03/15/cute-authoritarianism/

RT @AreoMagazine: “Kitsch is more than just an aesthetic: it is essential to the exercise of totalitarian power, which relies on the superposition of a false world upon the real. As Kundera says, ‘Kitsch is the absolute denial of shit.’” The latest from @MrEwanMorrison. https://areomagazine.com/2023/03/15/cute-authoritarianism/

RT @MrEwanMorrison: “Cuteness offers us a comforting retreat into childishness in the face of the inhuman technological future that we fear … It can also be weaponized as a tool of mass psychological manipulation.” My new article: https://areomagazine.com/2023/03/15/cute-authoritarianism/ via @areomagazine

RT @AdenWaldek: Cute Authoritarianism https://areomagazine.com/2023/03/15/cute-authoritarianism/ via @areomagazine

RT @Westengland: Cute Authoritarianism https://areomagazine.com/2023/03/15/cute-authoritarianism/ via @areomagazine