Crisis techniques turn manageable crises into calculated instruments of power

Evidence

Saramago’s sequel imagines an election in which most voters cast blank ballots; the government interprets this as conspiracy and besieges the city. Newspapers, manifestos, surveillance, and rumor all figure. — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 111 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A government can manufacture crisis to construct its own people as enemy — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 111; Crisis lets neoliberal officials arrogate sovereign power to define emergencies — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 945; Crises recast surveillance practices from legislative targets into mission-critical necessities. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 370

Related

• A government can manufacture crisis to construct its own people as enemy (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• A government can manufacture crisis to construct its own people as enemy #expands (0.70) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 111