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Accelerationism, as a political trend, was born in the Futurist movement in the early 20th century: Futurists believed that modern technology was a powerful, high-speed force, and they advocated accelerating the speed of technological revolution, even the destructive dimension of technology ( such as war) is praised as beauty. This exaltation of technology (as a mere force) is ambiguous in terms of political stance, and they seem willing to follow any subversive political camp of their time - Italian futurists embraced fascism, Russian futurists Become a supporter of the communist revolution. |
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