Forced communication, not censorship, is the modern repressive force

Evidence

Idiotism stands opposed to the neoliberal power of domination: total communication and total surveillance. The idiot does not ‘communicate’. Indeed, he communicates with the In-communicable. As such, the idiot veils himself in silence. Idiotism erects spaces for guarding silence (Freiräume des Schweigens), quiet, and solitude, where it is still possible to say what really deserves to be said. Deleuze already called for such a politics of silence in 1995. He directed it against neoliberal psychopolitics, which forces communication and disclosure: It’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics, 189

Categorization

• XREF: Direct continuation of this book’s leitmotif — the achievement-subject submits himself by self-disclosure, so domination now takes the form of compelling expression — and of the earlier chapter discussions of exhibition and the naked subject. — connects to: Compulsory expression is itself a tool of repressive forces — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 49; Repressive power operates by forcing expression, not by silencing it. — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New…, 190; Compulsory self-expression serves repressive power, and silence is its antidote (+2 more)
• SEED: Essay angle: ‘The right to say nothing’ as a civic freedom — reading contemporary demands for transparency, sharability, and platform engagement as the new censorship.

Related

• Repressive power operates by forcing expression, not by silencing it. (similarity 0.89)
• Compulsory expression is itself a tool of repressive forces (similarity 0.83)
• Compulsory self-expression serves repressive power, and silence is its antidote (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Repressive power operates by forcing expression, not by silencing it. #corroborates (0.95) — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics, 190
• Compulsory expression is itself a tool of repressive forces #corroborates (0.92) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 49
• Compulsory self-expression serves repressive power, and silence is its antidote #expands (0.85)
• Liberties granted within a repressive society can themselves serve repression #expands (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2582
• Communication speedups can empower regressive, manipulative politics, not just progress #exemplifies (0.72) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 17