Algorithmic Aggression and Instrumentarianism
11 min readOct 30, 2020
Algorithmic Aggression and Instrumentarianism
In the early 1920s, the Italian philosopher, Gioavannie Gentile coauthored the Doctrine of Fascism with Benito Mussolini. This was the first publication that used the word “totalitarianism.” The term described the total control that government would have over society. It was similar to the absolutist doctrines of France’s Louis XIV but replaced the feudal monarchy with the political Party. In 1932, Maxim Gorky, a Russian socialist realist writer, held a literary party that gathered an assortment of artists…