Category: Political Thought
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The Psychology behind Globalism, Nationalism & Political Tribalism – Jonathan Haidt | Intelligence²
Jonathan Haidt speaking at Intelligence² event “The Rise of Populism and the Backlash against the Elites.” Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. He is author of The Righteous Mind: Why…
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Last Days of the Weimar Republic: Tactics used to Censor Press in a Totalitarian State
HOW HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY WON GERMANY, LAST DAYS OF WEIMAR REPUBLIC, GERMAN ARMY AND CONSERVATIVES MAKE HITLER CHANCELLOR, THE TACTICS USED TO CENSOR PRESS IN A TOTALITARIAN STATE AND THE LAST DAYS OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC BY WILLIAM L. SHIRER
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H.P. Blavatsky involvement in Italian Politics with Garibaldi and Mazzini, and the Carbonari’s Role in the Republican Revolutions
H.P. Blavatsky’s interest in Italian politics has been very scanty in the historical record of her life. H.P.B. herself had claimed and proven to H.S. Olcott, as detailed in his Diary Leaves, that she had joined the Garibaldians (see Garibaldi and the Red Shirts) at the bloody Battle of Mentana, where she was stabbed with a…
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Why Trump Is Not a Fascist: A Conversation with Vivek Chibber and Achin Vanaik
A great conversation with reflection Achin Vanaik (“The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism”) and Vivek Chibber (“Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital”) discuss new forms of authoritarianism and nationalism in the age of Modi, Putin, Erdogan, and Trump. The discussion was moderated by Amber A’Lee Frost (“Current Affairs” and “Chapo Trap House”) at Verso Books…
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A Critical Look at Hayward’s Review of the Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood
Late to the party Wood’s body of work will remain preeminent for some time in the historiography of the American Founding. But it begs to be superseded by an equally large-scale treatment that does not shy away from treating the founders as thinkers and statesmen, rather than as 18th-century ideologues.” “Unlike today’s liberals who quote…
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Noam Chomsky on Populism and ‘Off The Spectrum’ Republican Party
Living outside of the Republican social media bubble? Take a look back at philosopher, historian and activist Noam Chomsky’s accurate warning of the success a crooked “charismatic figure,” appealing to particular sectors of society would have, while promising to cure society’s ills. Chomsky’s analysis of the Republican Party, before Mr. Trump even decided to run for…
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Donald Trump’s Nashville Rally Lies and Ignorance about Black People, Republican History, and Voting Rights
May 30, 2018. President Trump, Nashville, Tennessee Rally: “Remember when I’d make a speech, and I’d talk about African-Americans, and I’d say, ‘highest crime-rate, bad education,’ I go like ten-points, and they’re always voting; African-Americans vote for Democrats, for the most part. Y’know, vast majority. They’ve been doing it for over a hundred-years!” In the…
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Lesley Stahl: President Trump’s admitted tactic to “discredit” Press » And Cenk Uygur defends True Journalism
CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl revealed a remark made to her by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 to a group of fellow journalists at the Deadline Club Awards Dinner in New York City earlier this week. It is in regards to Mr. Trump’s attitude and tactic toward the press, which in his understanding are lügenpresse…
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Gordon S. Wood on Republicanism and Monarchy in the Eighteenth-Century
“Educated people of varying political persuasions celebrated republicanism for its spirit, its morality, its freedom, its sense of friendship and duty, and its vision of society. Republicanism as a set of values and a form of life was much too pervasive, comprehensive, and involved with being liberal and enlightened to be seen as subversive or…
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The Irony of Apoliticism in the Theosophical Movement
INTRODUCTION: APOLITICISM AND MODERN STATE OF MONARCHISM With the reintroduction of theosophical research in the mainstream comes opportunity to combat misconceptions about the relation between the Theosophical Movement and Politics as explained in Herman de Tollenaere on Influence of Theosophy on Indonesian and South Asian Nationalisms. I am not of the belief, that Theosophists had…
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Trump and Conservatives defend Shithole Remark on Haiti, Africa, and El Salvador
The American Right and GOP will suffer for defending it in the end. The Trump administration, political base, and Identitarian Nationalists are in agreement. The issue largely is with President Trump’s alleged comments, defended by his base, who did not stand beside Americans—Latinos, Haitians, and immigrants who found the comments highly ignorant, divisive, and deeply…
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Constantin Von Hoffmeister “Secret America”: Defining America as a Race-Based Republic
Was America meant to be a White Ethno-State? German Identitarian desires a race-based American vision and rationalizes Trump’s policies. The philosophy of REPUBLICANISM makes the idea and historical permanency of an American ‘White Ethno-State’ impossible, and a contradiction in terms, especially given our historical circumstances. What was the true vision of the United States? Who…
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