28131/1b prologue: forgotten conjunctures anointed


ALWAYS AND
EVERYWHERE PEOPLE ARE
AWAITING A MESSIAH, AND
THE AIR IS LADEN WITH THE PROMISES
OF LARGE AND SMALL PROPHETS ... WE ALL SHARE
THE SAME FATE: WE CARRY WITHIN US MORE LOVE,
AND ABOVE ALL MORE LONGING THAN TODAY'S SOCIETY IS ABLE TO SATISFY?!
WE HAVE ALL RIPENED FOR SOMETHING, AND
THERE IS NO ONE TO HARVEST THE FRUIT ...
Karl Mannheim (1922)
In Sept. 1919 the Italian poet
Gabriele D'Annuzio, accompanied by 2000 Italian
mutineers, occupied the Adriatic town of Fiume. The writer & war hero, one of the most famous Europeans
of his time, had long wanted to capture all the territories that he believed had 'always' been part of 'Mother Italy'!?
In 1911 he had zealously supported Italy's invasion of Libya, an exhibition whose savagery stoked outrage across
the Muslim world! Amidst the chaos at the end of the First World War, and with the collapse of the region's
previous ruler, D'Annunzio saw a chance to realize his dream of rejuvenating Italian manhood through
violence?! Installed as "IL DUCE" of the 'Free State of Fiume ', D'Annunzio created a politics of quite
Outrageous Rhetoric & Gestures - politics in the grand style! He invented the stiff-armed salute,
which the Nazis later adopted, & designed a black uniform with pirate skull & crossbones,
amongst other things; he talked obsessively of martyrdom, sacrifice & death! Benito M.
& Adolf H., then still obscure men, were keen students of these pseudo-religious
speeches this shaven-headed man delivered daily on his balcony
to his black-shirted 'legionnaires' (before retreating
to his sexual partners
of the day)!

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