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Anti-fascism
Daevyd Pepper • 1 card
Politics
Antonio • 2 cards
Modern liberalism has adopted the Jacobin spirit. Having dispensed with traditional moral norms, liberals have transformed the severe quality of conscience into a playpen of desire. Having denied a religious foundation for human rights, they have left individuals vulnerable to the despotic whims of the secular state. This outcome was predicted by
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Liberalism
Sarah Drinkwater • 1 card
Neoliberalism
Natalia Fierro-Gomez • 2 cards
Many times individuals or peoples are dismissed for illegitimate or no-longer-legitimate reasons. It is the leftist challenge to the status quo that permits them to be integrated into society.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
What is presented as the “moderate” Left solution to any social problems—and radical left solutions are, almost everywhere now, ruled out tout court—has invariably come to be some nightmare fusion of the worst elements of bureaucracy and the worst elements of capitalism. It’s as if someone had consciously tried to create the least appealing
... See moreDavid Graeber • The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
D’abord, il y a eu les inflexions progressives de la gauche de gouvernement qui l’ont rapprochée du paradigme libéral. Il ne s’agit pas ici de la « trahison des classes populaires » de la note du think tank Terra Nova discutée précédemment, mais bien de l’acceptation progressive de la troisième voie portée par Tony Blair et Gerhart Schröder, et
... See moreVincent Tiberj • La droitisation française, mythe et réalités (French Edition)
The reality is that members of the American left have, whether they like it or not, become the new conservatives. At least in economic policy, they are usually the defenders of the status quo. In contrast, some of the so-called “conservatives” are the radicals seeking major change; at a recent public event, I heard two African American
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