and so the collapse of "Western" society, beginning in 1945, progressively unwinds while on one hand we ignore the signs yet prepare for the final conflagration as a compensation.
So often have I mentioned that, what is needed, is a world-wide social revolution...with guillotines and all. The pacifiers have brain washed us to the point where we no longer are capable of standing up to defend ourselves.
Yes, that is all true, but helping sustain the world's bully is a business choice ignoring morality. The (rest of the world) is re-aligning in sovereign but cooperative relationships in BRICS+ https://warwickpowell.substack.com/p/brics-and-the-architecture-of-a-post
Complex societies have a metabolic cost that can no longer be met https://kathleenmccroskey.substack.com/p/the-deceit-of-progress and https://warwickpowell.substack.com/p/its-energy-stupid
and so the collapse of "Western" society, beginning in 1945, progressively unwinds while on one hand we ignore the signs yet prepare for the final conflagration as a compensation.
Both links are required reading for all. Many thanks!
So often have I mentioned that, what is needed, is a world-wide social revolution...with guillotines and all. The pacifiers have brain washed us to the point where we no longer are capable of standing up to defend ourselves.
No time or opportunity to read the article now. However, I am both pleased, and yet unsurprised that you are familiar with Rene Girard.