By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 8 Jun 21
My claim is that the next murderous regime will be less based around agiÂtation, fear-mongering and fiery speeches. It will come, there is good reason to suspect, from the source we least expect: comedy. In the echoing laughter of the crowd, transmitted over long disÂtances of netÂworked broadcasting, we will find the next genocide. UnÂwanted populÂaÂtions violently exterminated, and the crowd laughing, laughing. The following is a slightly edited extract from Hanzi Freinachtâs book âNordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Twoâ. This is the second book in a series on metamodern thought, a work of popular philosophy that investigates …
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My claim is that the next murderous regime will be less based around agiÂtation, fear-mongering and fiery speeches. It will come, there is good reason to suspect, from the source we least expect: comedy. In the echoing laughter of the crowd, transmitted over long disÂtances of netÂworked broadcasting, we will find the next genocide. UnÂwanted populÂaÂtions violently exterminated, and the …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 6 Jun 21
In this series of what we can learn from the totalitarian ideologies (for communism click here, and for fascism click here), Iâd wish things would get less demonic around this time and that I could point to a cuter and happier ending when we get to New Age spiritÂuality. But alas, as the human (or post-human) condition progresses, it only gets more wondrous, complex, perÂilous and terrifying, all at once. As Leon Trotsky once said âThe forms of life will become dynÂamÂically dramatic [âŠ] And above this ridge new peaks will rise.â He just forÂgot to mention the new opening …
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In this series of what we can learn from the totalitarian ideologies (for communism click here, and for fascism click here), Iâd wish things would get less demonic around this time and that I could point to a cuter and happier ending when we get to New Age spiritÂuality. But alas, as the human (or post-human) condition progresses, it only …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 31 May 21
Itâs difficult to be playful around fascism. It arose in shaky times, gathered absolute power in the hands of fanatic psychopaths who not only oppressÂed their own populations but also got us the Second World War and the HoloÂcaust. To this day, we have crazy mass-killers swearing allegiance to fascist theories. Naturally, itâs not a joke.[i] And yet, the understanding of fascism as âpure evilâ (and only an existÂenÂtial lie) is simplistic, bordering on incorrect. There are very good reaÂsons to revisit fascism and perform a little psycho-historical archeology to dig up partial truths that may serve political metamodernism and …
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Itâs difficult to be playful around fascism. It arose in shaky times, gathered absolute power in the hands of fanatic psychopaths who not only oppressÂed their own populations but also got us the Second World War and the HoloÂcaust. To this day, we have crazy mass-killers swearing allegiance to fascist theories. Naturally, itâs not a joke.[i] And yet, the understanding …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 28 May 21
As you may know, the anarchists were eventually excluded from the InterÂnational in the 19th centuryâMikhail Bakunin lost the fight to Karl Marx, and the latter became the de facto intellectual and political leader of the European radicalized workers. Unlike Bakunin, Marx thought it necessary to seize real political power, i.e. to keep the state intact during the first steps towards an anticipated classless and stateless society. Utopian socialist ideals such as those of CharÂles Fourier (one of the great pre-Marxist socialist thinkers, 1772-1837, also credited with coining the word âfeminismâ) were sidelined to only be found in small âintentional …
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As you may know, the anarchists were eventually excluded from the InterÂnational in the 19th centuryâMikhail Bakunin lost the fight to Karl Marx, and the latter became the de facto intellectual and political leader of the European radicalized workers. Unlike Bakunin, Marx thought it necessary to seize real political power, i.e. to keep the state intact during the first steps …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 May 21
Tom Amarque’s Parallax Magazine recently hosted me on their political discussion forum. I think “Strange Attractor” is an apt title for this group. Here is their description: Since the system of politics in its modern and postmodern iteration is obviously not fit to deal with the manifold problems (meta-crisis), how could a âpost-postmodernâ approach to politics look like? What new narrative is needed to legitimize a new (metamodern/post-postmodern/post-progressive) approach to politics? Featuring Steve McIntosh, Daniel Görtz, John Bunzl, Max Borders and Thaddeus Russell. The post Parallax Magazine’s political discussion forum appeared first on Steve McIntosh: Official Website.
Tom Amarque’s Parallax Magazine recently hosted me on their political discussion forum. I think “Strange Attractor” is an apt title for this group. Here is their description: Since the system of politics in its modern and postmodern iteration is obviously not fit to deal with the manifold problems (meta-crisis), how could a âpost-postmodernâ approach to politics look like? What new …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 24 Apr 21
For all its different forms, Green ideology seeks to create sustainability of some kind. Even if some proponents of more radical forms of ecologism like to point out that the aim can hardly be to âsustainâ a destructive and ecoÂcidal civilization, that they prefer âresilienceâ or even âregenerationâ, this still means that ecologists want this new imagined and preferable state of affairs to be⊠well, sustainable. No matter how you look at it, sustainÂabiÂlity is the demÂand, the goal, of ecologism. Resilience and regeneration both include susÂtainÂability within them. The following is a slightly edited extract from Hanzi Freinachtâs book âNordic …
For all its different forms, Green ideology seeks to create sustainability of some kind. Even if some proponents of more radical forms of ecologism like to point out that the aim can hardly be to âsustainâ a destructive and ecoÂcidal civilization, that they prefer âresilienceâ or even âregenerationâ, this still means that ecologists want this new imagined and preferable state …
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Apr 21
Conservatism may be the most misunderstood of the modern ideologÂiesâand its challenge to political metamodernism is perhaps the most serious one. The cenÂtral conservative principle is a resolve to escape the traps of infatuaÂtions with utopian ideas and puritan idealsâand to settle for âthe real worldâ. The insight that underlies this realization is one of humility: the world is always larger, more complex and more terrifying than our limited intellects and perspectives can imagine. When we want to change things around, itâs usually only because we havenât really underÂstood how they work in the first place. And so our dreamed …
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Conservatism may be the most misunderstood of the modern ideologÂiesâand its challenge to political metamodernism is perhaps the most serious one. The cenÂtral conservative principle is a resolve to escape the traps of infatuaÂtions with utopian ideas and puritan idealsâand to settle for âthe real worldâ. The insight that underlies this realization is one of humility: the world is always …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Apr 21
I will lump together classical liberalism, libertarianism and neo-liberalÂism under one banner, much like with the many strands of socialism above. For the sake of convenience Iâll talk about âliberalismâ, even if this in an American context tends to just mean âleft-leaningâ which of course isnât what I mean here. The following is a slightly edited extract from Hanzi Freinachtâs book âNordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Twoâ. This is the second book in a series on metamodern thought, a work of popular philosophy that investigates the nature of psychological development and its political implications. So the fundamental goal …
I will lump together classical liberalism, libertarianism and neo-liberalÂism under one banner, much like with the many strands of socialism above. For the sake of convenience Iâll talk about âliberalismâ, even if this in an American context tends to just mean âleft-leaningâ which of course isnât what I mean here. The following is a slightly edited extract from Hanzi Freinachtâs …