What is Fascism

I have never read his novels, but I did read a few of his essays and since he died in 2016 I have been missing the academic and intellectual that was Umberto Eco. Today he is more relevant than ever, because he wrote once a list of 14 characteristics that define fascism. You can read about them in this article. 14 characteristics, each and everyone of them fitting perfectly the sitting Swine in chief. All I am going to say about the revolting events of yesterday, when that fat oaf and wannabe Mussolini tried to achieve his coup d'état with the help of his pathetic cultist bullies, is that should not have come as a surprise. And that he should be deposed, like the fascist wannabe tyrant that he is.

RIP Umberto Eco

Je sais qu'il fallait s'y attendre et qu'à 84 ans, on ne peut pas parler de tragédie, mais j'ai quand même trouvé triste d'apprendre la mort d'Umberto Eco aujourd'hui. Romancier célèbre dont je n'ai lu aucun roman (je vous jure), pas même Le Nom de la rose, qui a inspiré un film que j'ai beaucoup aimé (mais que l'auteur n'aurait pas apprécié, semble-t-il). Non, moi Umberto Eco, je le connais et l'apprécie surtout comme sémioticien. Dans ma complexe relation amour-haine avec l'Italie, c'est l'un des Italiens que j'admire beaucoup, alors je me devais de lui rendre hommage sur ce blogue.