Macron's "Woke" Education Minster, The Kagan Family Industrial Complex, Strained HUN-POL relations, Shooters and Antidepressants, Manhattan vs. Brooklyn Cultural War
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I am critical of wokeism because it often overlooks the power structures that underly our economic system. To address the big problems such as the climate emergency, rising inequality, systemic corruption, biodiversity loss, collapsing supply chains, famines and draughts, democratic decline, surveillance and the power of AI, imperialism and war, the military-industrial complex, (the list could be made much longer), we need to go beyond the culture wars.
On the other hand, it is also clear that to tackle these problem we need a deep transformation of our society for which diversity and inclusion will be key. I am convinced that the future solutions will come not only from the WEIRD, to use a term popularized by Henrich. To summarize, wokeism is not the solution, but diversity and inclusion will play a crucial role in finding the solutions.
Can anyone track down the Bild article quote in the Consortium news piece? I've tried, without success. Perhaps it's originally in German and that's why.
If the Wolfowitz Doctrine underpinning neocon/neoliberal interventionist actions actually replaced tyrants with something "better" (which I guess means more like Minnesota), I'd be prepared to support it. Since it doesn't, our demonstrated ability to invade and destroy, but never successfully rebuild, leaves me ashamed.
Jun 4, 2022·edited Jun 4, 2022Liked by Niccolo Soldo
Universalism is a European idea, conceived to work for European peoples, so we stop the disastrous wars between ourselves that have kept Europe in permanent bloodshed for millennia, often putting us in danger of being crushed by foreign empires like the Ottomans.
It has its uses, for example we really, really should NOT want Serbs and Croats to fight between themselves, we don't want Romanians and Hungarians doing it either.
Ideally we want a European Europe where every smaller tribe is safe to hold its traditions and populations mix up naturally, through trade, travel etc., as there are no real concerns about integrating Slovaks in Germany or German Saxons in Romania. My city is extremely diverse for example, without a clear ethnic majority, Romanians, Hungarians, Serbs, Croats all live side by side peacefully and their cultures mix up nicely, by itself, without any exterior hand forcing it one way or another. It's lovely, European, peaceful, with great architecture and legacy.
Due to an accident of my Dad's employment at the time, I was born and spent the first five years of my life just outside of NYC. I've been back a few times to visit friends from University and the place never fails to disgust me. It's not just that I prefer the quiet backwoods I spent most of my life in, though I do, but the culture is just so alien. Spent a week with an old friend who was doing post grad theatre school(not gay but very fat, excellent for typecasting as Nazi #3 in Diary of Anne Frank) and the effete hipsters mixed with hasidic Jews was like some ridiculous combination out of a satire. Spent about forty bucks on sausages and beer and immediately wanted to get back on the plane. I liked Chicago more and I barely avoided getting mugged there.
If any New Yorkers read this, rest assured, I don't care and the place only doesn't reek to you because you're used to it. And I literally live in a swamp.
Jun 5, 2022·edited Jun 5, 2022Liked by Niccolo Soldo
Regarding Nuland and her neo-con friends in Washington this guy I found only recently makes some great videos discussing their activities in great detail, the rabbit hole goes very deep.
Moral cripples like the Kagans are a second order problem. The important thing about them is the function they play. They are entertainers in a real-life performance pitched for viewers reared on garbage like THE WEST WING or HOUSE OF CARDS.
The Kagans front a political project that serves the public relations and inter-governmental functions of the US foreign policy. Their rhetoric, personae, and writings fulfill this function. They are virtuoso bullshit-artists…star performers amongst the imagined scholar-statesmen of the Beltway, the sopohistocastrati of the American meritocracy.
Something of the true agenda at work is discernible from the identity of the corporate donors who finance the think-tanks. Identifying these donors by name is heuristically valuable but the whole miserable drama remains a blur.
My take on the Obama/Kagan meeting is simple. Obama was publicly signalling that he had received the message. In reality, a change in policy would have already been decided, but a contrived public difference of opinion between the fake scholar-president and the fake scholar-statesman was staged. This is the political kabuki of an elite that imagines itself to be refined.
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Great roundup!
Could Macron be a double agent, working to restore the French 'populist' right to power?
Or is he just another 'young leader', trained to double down on the narrative until they literally lose their heads...
Very useful, I would never come across this stuff on my own, so thank you.
I am critical of wokeism because it often overlooks the power structures that underly our economic system. To address the big problems such as the climate emergency, rising inequality, systemic corruption, biodiversity loss, collapsing supply chains, famines and draughts, democratic decline, surveillance and the power of AI, imperialism and war, the military-industrial complex, (the list could be made much longer), we need to go beyond the culture wars.
On the other hand, it is also clear that to tackle these problem we need a deep transformation of our society for which diversity and inclusion will be key. I am convinced that the future solutions will come not only from the WEIRD, to use a term popularized by Henrich. To summarize, wokeism is not the solution, but diversity and inclusion will play a crucial role in finding the solutions.
Can anyone track down the Bild article quote in the Consortium news piece? I've tried, without success. Perhaps it's originally in German and that's why.
If the Wolfowitz Doctrine underpinning neocon/neoliberal interventionist actions actually replaced tyrants with something "better" (which I guess means more like Minnesota), I'd be prepared to support it. Since it doesn't, our demonstrated ability to invade and destroy, but never successfully rebuild, leaves me ashamed.
Not sure what the Kagan’s have to do but they’re gonna bring the Thunder down again, hope it was worth it.
No pity left here for anyone above the age of 15. Nope.
This is a good account of Consortium News' interaction with NewsGuard, and defense of their reporting on Ukraine.
https://scheerpost.com/2022/06/03/u-s-state-affiliated-newsguard-targets-consortium-news/
“ The author is correct: New York DOES set the tone for the rest of America.”
You’re just being Canadian, so 🛑 stop.
Yes you are too.
Unrelated to the article but I was wondering when you’ll be back on the bird app/how to find your new @
Universalism is a European idea, conceived to work for European peoples, so we stop the disastrous wars between ourselves that have kept Europe in permanent bloodshed for millennia, often putting us in danger of being crushed by foreign empires like the Ottomans.
It has its uses, for example we really, really should NOT want Serbs and Croats to fight between themselves, we don't want Romanians and Hungarians doing it either.
Ideally we want a European Europe where every smaller tribe is safe to hold its traditions and populations mix up naturally, through trade, travel etc., as there are no real concerns about integrating Slovaks in Germany or German Saxons in Romania. My city is extremely diverse for example, without a clear ethnic majority, Romanians, Hungarians, Serbs, Croats all live side by side peacefully and their cultures mix up nicely, by itself, without any exterior hand forcing it one way or another. It's lovely, European, peaceful, with great architecture and legacy.
Due to an accident of my Dad's employment at the time, I was born and spent the first five years of my life just outside of NYC. I've been back a few times to visit friends from University and the place never fails to disgust me. It's not just that I prefer the quiet backwoods I spent most of my life in, though I do, but the culture is just so alien. Spent a week with an old friend who was doing post grad theatre school(not gay but very fat, excellent for typecasting as Nazi #3 in Diary of Anne Frank) and the effete hipsters mixed with hasidic Jews was like some ridiculous combination out of a satire. Spent about forty bucks on sausages and beer and immediately wanted to get back on the plane. I liked Chicago more and I barely avoided getting mugged there.
If any New Yorkers read this, rest assured, I don't care and the place only doesn't reek to you because you're used to it. And I literally live in a swamp.
Regarding Nuland and her neo-con friends in Washington this guy I found only recently makes some great videos discussing their activities in great detail, the rabbit hole goes very deep.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheNewAtlas/videos
I always tell my kids 3 things every night before I put them to bed: 1.) study hard 2.) be respectful 3.) never trust a Kagan.
Moral cripples like the Kagans are a second order problem. The important thing about them is the function they play. They are entertainers in a real-life performance pitched for viewers reared on garbage like THE WEST WING or HOUSE OF CARDS.
The Kagans front a political project that serves the public relations and inter-governmental functions of the US foreign policy. Their rhetoric, personae, and writings fulfill this function. They are virtuoso bullshit-artists…star performers amongst the imagined scholar-statesmen of the Beltway, the sopohistocastrati of the American meritocracy.
Something of the true agenda at work is discernible from the identity of the corporate donors who finance the think-tanks. Identifying these donors by name is heuristically valuable but the whole miserable drama remains a blur.
My take on the Obama/Kagan meeting is simple. Obama was publicly signalling that he had received the message. In reality, a change in policy would have already been decided, but a contrived public difference of opinion between the fake scholar-president and the fake scholar-statesman was staged. This is the political kabuki of an elite that imagines itself to be refined.