3 days ago
‘A successful paranoia might just as well seem to constitute the closure of science’.[i]
In psychoanalytic terms, denial negates reality, whereas delusion replaces it. In denial, the subject refuses to …
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6 months ago
Everyone’s busy debating whether Donald Trump’s global tariff plan is economic protectionism, geopolitical strategy, electoral propaganda, or the act of a madman who has lost the plot. It seems to …
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8 months ago
To understand the reasons for the charade that played out in the Oval Office of the White House on February 28, it is advisable to look at what happened in …
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10 months ago
“If you ever feel useless, remember it took 20 years, trillions of dollars and 4 US Presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban” (Norman Finkelstein)
Of course, the above …
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1 year ago
‘The West has become a totalitarian space – the space of a self-defensive hegemony defending itself against its own weakness.’ (Jean Baudrillard)
One of the most frequently referenced scenes in …
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1 year ago
The figure of the Enemy is probably the most precious asset of the imploding West. Just consider the recent celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the D-day, which, courtesy of …
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2 years ago
‘The threat of one catastrophe is deferred by that of others’ (T. Adorno)
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We should never lose sight of the bigger picture. The string of geopolitical conflicts …
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2 years ago
Even if almost no one wants to admit it, our “system” is obsolete, and for this reason it is now morphing into a “closed system” – totalitarian in nature. It …
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2 years ago
We have reached the end of 2023 and – a few of us might have noticed – the world economy continues its freefall. The rise in global debt is unstoppable (currently …
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2 years ago
It’s not surprising that the Western media have unilaterally labelled the Hamas October 7 attacks as a “new 9/11”. Of course, they refer to the official story about 9/11, indelibly …
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