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The Philosophy of Jean-Clause Michea
Liberalism: The Empire of the Lesser Evil
Modern politics no longer offers a good, it offers the prevention of something worse. Every reform is sold as the avoidance of a catastrophe, and the catastrophe is always the past.
Tradition, the nation, the limit, the refusal of growth: all filed as dangers to be escaped.
A population trained on the lesser evil cannot ask what a decent life is. It can only consent to the next removal of an obstacle.
What is the function of the Progressive Left? It's an Intelligencia that merely breaks existing/ traditional moral limits. It no longer stands for the workers.
It's just a moral hazard of Contracts
The Gift Against the Contract
CONTRACT GIFT
(Liberal Form) ( Popular Form)
FAIR BINDS
ANONYMOUS OBLIGES
ENDLESS LOCAL
TRANSACTIONAL REFUSE A STRANGER's TERMS
Progress is Theology, an ersatz religion.
All limits are dismissed as nostalgia or fascism
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More ignorance and stupidity from an ignorant and stupid person.
What the fuck are you doing here LEAVE!
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Les is correct. The claims made in this post are simply idiotic.
It's actually the other way around, as it is the Right that has allied itself with the billionaires and corporations.
el0n musk, the world's richest man, is allied with the right, not the Left.
Consumerism is a societal problem and not a uniquely Left or Right problem.
But remember all the major social media platforms are now rightwing and billionaire owned. And the billionaires are taking over the media, with David Ellison (and trump ally) recently taking over CBS and getting Stephen Colbert fired, despite his late night show being the most popular in the nation.
LES IS NEVER CORRECT
Once again, you've completely missed the point. Neoliberalism is a uniparty. The Left once sought to protect the working class. Now it's just a lesser of two evils Hobbsian choice.
The old Left provided a balance offsetting capitalism. The New Left is capitalism's ally in atomizing and isolating the individual against his class interest.
Progressive Is Leftist
Leftist is Socialism
Socialism is Communism
America Doesn’t Need COMMUNISM’
@Anymouse @6:09 PM: Perhaps it's your ignorant ass that fails to access reality and the truth.
Correction: It is Definitely you that is delusional, ignorant, and void of any real substance.
Socialism is Always a Move Toward Communism, with the Same Results
That's why the Left needs to take back the party. You're obviously worried this will happen. That's why you've jumped on the "Communist" bandwagon and are blabbering about this BS on your blog. Because your cult leader instructed you to do it.
No.
...two different theories, but the same result.
No.
You, MOiTAW, obviously have zero understanding of socialism or communism. Other than what your demented Fuhrer trump tells you. So, you're believing a person probably more ignorant than you are.
More ignorance from anymouse. Do you ever tire of being wrong, anymouse.
A bunch of Muslims aren't the old Left, Derv..........
I don't care about religion. I care about policies. You care due to your hate for Muslims. That should disqualify them for public office, yes?
Every election season I hear the same complaint from frustrated conservatives. The Republican Party’s leaders cave at the first sign of a bad headline. They campaign like lions and govern like they are just as they campaign ! That’s what I like about them, they know what’s best for America and they won’t accept anything less.
All true. I have written plenty of angry posts about Republicans who I thpught would be Pussy Cats, but they turned out to be lions.
You are not choosing a spouse. You are choosing which direction the country moves for the next two, four, or six years. When the other option is a party that has drifted further left every cycle, sitting on their hands. And you are throughly disgusted at seeing just what our country is becoming!
Elections are binary. One side wins, and the other loses. Your protest vote for a third party, or your decision to skip the ballot entirely, does not send a message to anyone in Washington or Sacramento. It just lowers the bar for the candidate you like least to win! If you vote for today’s Progressive, Socialist, Democrats, or let them win by default, you will get exactly what you didn’t want. You should expect to see more and more of these Anti-Americans like Abdul El-Sayed sitting in our Senate, and voting to destroy our Country! You shoud see and accept less Cops throughout the country. And Mr. El-Sayed’s fellow Muslims wiping their ditry hands on the American Flag. You shoud see no more Prisons, and instead the Dangerious Criminals walking our streets alon with your Wives, and Daughters.
Immigration Policies with almost no meaningful limits, where enforcement is treated as cruelty and border security is an afterthought.
You should see a Resistance to basic election safeguards like voter ID and clean voter rolls, which most Americans support and most democracies treat as normal.
Even Van Jones Called El-sayed “Insane”. Is this the kind of Seantor you want?
And Staying home is a Vote for people like that. Every Republican, or Conservative who skips an election because the Republican candidate is imperfect is doing the Progressive, a big favor. They count on your disgust. They campaign on it. Low turnout among frustrated Conservatives is part of their strategy, whether they say so out loud or not. Also, It's ridiculous to call him a “Doctor”, he's not a Doctor.
You can fight to fix the Republican Party if you have a problem with it, in the primaries. Back better candidates. Show up at local party meetings. Call your representatives and make them nervous. But in November, Your Vote Is Crucial .
I Can't believe this is the best that the Democrats have to offer. It’s no wonder that our Country is falling apart! And it doesn’t stop with people like El-Sayed’. The New Democrats are filled with these people.
Trump says Republicans need to show up and vote because of Democratic Parties Candidates are pushing for Communism to rise up into their party.
And my biggest fear in politics is that the press unites with a political party and no longer holds that party accountable, while persecuting any opposition. That slippery slope has already been reached. My suggestion is to not make these midterm elections all about Trump like the dumocraps and the press want; let's flip the script and ask the most important question: Do the dumocraps offer anything tangibly better than the GOP? Trump is not up for reelection in November, but the house and 1/3 of the senate is. Let's make this vote about how we want congress to run.
Yes, their ideology disqualifies them from leading and enacting a democratic system.
And fyi - Socialism and Progressivism are two distinct and different things. Socialism is conservative. Leftism is progressive. And progressivism (seeking unlimited progress) makes current Leftists the allies of capitalism, not its' enemy. Islamism is fundamentally conservative. It's against "progress" especially in the social and cultural sense. It seeks to establish and maintain a 7th century society and system of cultural relations. Does that sound "progressive" to you?
Your 2nd premise is flawed.
Where the hell is James Tarafino . Why can’t anyone find him?
Dorsey he have the Flu? Or is it CHICKENPOX?
This has been the Democrat playbook. They want to answer to donors, not the voters. They kept Biden down in the basement where nobody could find him for an entire election cycle.!
The objective is to push out a narrative that the actor plays, in this case Talarico and hope the voter remains uninformed while they hide him.
With Trump in Texas and the people of Texas wanting a warrior who will stand up and be counted. This will probably end up being an own goal for the Dems as long as the pressure keeps being applied.
I would have a field day with A.I ads if I were on his campaign team and my opponent was in hiding.
Imagine what Trump will say. "Texans are tough. Wake up and work hard for their families, do heavy lifting, sometimes while not 100%. This guy doesn't even have enough respect or stamina to fight for his state!
//You, MOiTAW, obviously have zero understanding of socialism or communism.
Said cretin to which it was impossible even to understand simple question: "Where to take money to pay 'fair salaries'?" %^P
Socialism is a Maussian "Gift" economy. It's an economy of social obligations, not contracts. It follows the law of Zeus. Every gift received must be reciprocated and exceeded. Failure to do so will result in a loss of "social capital" and prestige. Social capital (respect) is the currency of a socialist system.
//Socialism is conservative.
WUT??? %^P
//And progressivism (seeking unlimited progress
Where you saw such..... last time??? %^))))
//It seeks to establish and maintain a 7th century society and system of cultural relations.
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In other words, it's NOT the fake respect of intersectional wokism (which is pure appearance lacking substance) Individuals, not social groups, are the only entities worthy of respect. Does he honour his word? Does he follow the law of Zeus.
You dunno Cybernetics, History and zero in Meta-Thinking...
yawn.
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Qtard: Said cretin to which it was impossible even to understand simple question: "Where to take money to pay 'fair salaries'?" %^P
Yeah, you asked that question not knowing or understanding the answer.
Minus: And progressivism (seeking unlimited progress) makes current Leftists the allies of capitalism, not its' enemy.
No.
Minus: Islamism is fundamentally conservative. It's against "progress" especially in the social and cultural sense.
So, what you're saying is that Muslims should be running as republicans.
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Minus: Yes, their ideology disqualifies them from leading and enacting a democratic system ... Islamism is fundamentally conservative. It's against "progress" especially in the social and cultural sense. It seeks to establish and maintain a 7th century society and system of cultural relations. Does that sound "progressive" to you?
Gemini's reply...
...there seems to be a mix-up here between Islam (a global religion) and Islamism (a modern political ideology). Islamism does seek to implement strict religious law into governance, but the vast majority of Muslim Americans running for office do not advocate for Islamism. Just as we don't assume every Christian candidate wants to establish a strict biblical theocracy, Muslim candidates in the U.S. overwhelmingly run on standard democratic platforms, take an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, and actively participate in our progressive and secular legal system.🛑
^^Cretinic laughter^^
Minus: Socialism is a Maussian "Gift" economy. It's an economy of social obligations, not contracts. It follows the law of Zeus. Every gift received must be reciprocated and exceeded. Failure to do so will result in a loss of "social capital" and prestige. Social capital (respect) is the currency of a socialist system.
Gemini response...
Why This Thinking is Mostly Flawed...
...the writer is arguably conflating small-scale tribal anthropology with modern political systems. Here is where their logic falls apart:
1. Scale Mismatch: A Maussian gift economy and the Law of Zeus only work in small, tight-knit communities (like a tribe, a village, or a small cult) where everyone knows each other and can track who owes whom. It is impossible to run a massive, modern country of 350 million anonymous people based on "Zeus's law of gifts".
2. Modern Socialism relies on Contracts: The commenter claims socialism isn't an economy of contracts. In reality, modern democratic socialism (like in Scandinavia) or state socialism (like the USSR) relies heavily on legal contracts, bureaucratic institutions, and state-enforced taxes. It is not a causal system of neighbors trading favors; it is a system of laws.
3. Currency Still Exists: Socialist systems still use traditional money to function. The idea that "respect" completely replaces currency is a romanticized view of communal living, not a reflection of actual socialist economics.
In short, the commenter is describing tribal communalism, but they are mislabeling it as "socialism".🛑
I also asked what percent of US citizens worship Zeus, and Gemini said 100000 (estimated) or 0.029% of the US population.
Nice run on diarrhea blast. And a stinky filthy one at that
Speaking of dumocraps, you anymouse highlight the depth of the ignorance as well as the stupidity demonstrated by the fascist trump rethuglicans.
Talarico, while too Christian for my liking is FAR superior to the rethuglican dufus.
WHO GIVES A SHIT? Not Me.
Like a MAGAt moron you reveal your ignorance.
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