The Old Gig (Neoliberal Late Capitalism) is now Depasse at Davos

Nobody Believes the Verba non Acta Virtue Signaling/ Hoarding Capitalist Elites or their PMC Intermediaries Anymore!

Don't Expect Any Working Class Concessions to be Forthcoming.  Expect an AI/ Technofeudal Stake to Be Driven into Workers Hearts Instead!

The Old Neoliberal Capitalist Order's Institutions and Structures like the UN are No Longer Necessary.  Feudal 'Arbitrariness" (ala Trump Chaos) will do.  AI and the Digital Landscape will Schizo-Analytically "Manage" the Consumerist Serfs for the Billionaire Technofeudal Lords and their Surplus-Salaried Corporate Vassals (CEOs) Now

 It's all Gigenomics for Serfs in the Loyalty Centers Now!

Need Post-Modern Social Capital under the Now Depasse Late-Capitalist World Order? Oppression = Status

 

How to Climb the Intersectional Social Status Ranks of Trauma Culture thru 'Alliances of the Oppressed'...

We're all Victims of different Trauma's (Racial, Sexual, Religious Discrimination).  That what makes us a "group" (a trauma sisterhood/ brotherhood)

 

Intersectional Woke Social Capital Writ Large...

Every New Encounter Requires an Unpleasant 'Virtue' Signaled Herstorical Oppression Measuring Contest to Establish Social 'Rank'.  And best not forget and misuse the now established pronouns marking rank, for as a mark of my dominant social position, you WILL forever after verbally salute and address your superiors as SIR, Recruits!"

Oh, Canada!

The Pied Piper Left's White Guilt-Pride Obsessed Protest Karen Reality Check

The Innocent, yet Somewhat Quixotic, Donna Renee Good de la Minnesota Mancha Tragically Experiences 150 grams of lead (x 4)

Isaiah Berlin 2/13/51 letter to George Kennan (excerpt):

When armies were slaughtered by other armies in the course of history, we might be appalled by the carnage and turn pacifist; but our horror acquires a new dimension when we read about children, or for that matter grown-up men and women, whom the Nazis loaded into trains bound for gas chambers, telling them that they were going to emigrate to some happier place. Why does this deception, which may in fact have diminished the anguish of the victims, arouse a really unutterable kind of horror in us? The spectacle, I mean, of the victims marching off in happy ignorance of their doom amid the smiling faces of their tormentors? Surely because we cannot bear the thought of human beings denied their last rights--of knowing the truth, of acting with at least the freedom of the condemned, of being able to face their destruction with fear or courage, according to their temperaments, but at least as human beings, armed with the power of choice. It is the denial to human beings of the possibility of choice, the getting them into one's power, the twisting them this way and that in accordance with one's whim, the destruction of their personality by creating unequal moral terms between the gaoler and the victim, whereby the gaoler knows what he is doing, and why, and plays upon the victim, i.e. treats him as a mere object and not as a subject whose motives, views, intentions have any intrinsic weight whatever--by destroying the very possibility of his having views, notions of a relevant kind--that is what cannot be borne at all.

What else horrifies us about unscrupulousness if not this? Why is the thought of someone twisting someone else round his little finger, even in innocent contexts, so beastly (for instance in Dostoevsky's Dyadyushkin son [Uncle's Dream, a novella published in 1859], which the Moscow Arts Theatre used to act so well and so cruelly)? After all, the victim may prefer to have no responsibility; the slave be happier in his slavery. Certainly we do not detest this kind of destruction of liberty merely because it denies liberty of action; there is a far greater horror in depriving men of the very capacity for freedom--that is the real sin against the Holy Ghost. Everything else is bearable so long as the possibility of goodness--of a state of affairs in which men freely choose, disinterestedly seek ends for their own sake--is still open, however much suffering they may have gone through. Their souls are destroyed only when this is no longer possible. It is when the desire for choice is broken that what men do thereby loses all moral value, and actions lose all significance (in terms of good and evil) in their own eyes; that is what is meant by destroying people's self-respect, by turning them, in your words, into rags. This is the ultimate horror because in such a situation there are no worthwhile motives left: nothing is worth doing or avoiding, the reasons for existing are gone. We admire Don Quixote, if we do, because he has a pure-hearted desire to do what is good, and he is pathetic because he is mad and his attempts are ludicrous.

The Pied Piper of Hamlin 

More Blakean Songs of Innocence and Experience

Bye Bye U.N.!

Sundance, "Oh Dear – The Wall Street Journal Just Realized, President Trump is Making U.N. Functionally Obsolescent"

This is funny. The Wall Street Journal just realized the purpose of President Trump inviting world leaders to a new structure of global leadership.

As the outlet contemplates the mission of the “Gaza Board” they recognize the bigger intention, the nullification of the United Nations.

WASHINGTON DC – President Trump has expanded the mission of his proposed Gaza Board of Peace into a global body that would take on the role mediating conflicts currently held by the United Nations and carry a $1 billion fee for a permanent seat, according to a charter sent to prospective members.

[…] “Too many approaches to peace-building foster perpetual dependency, and institutionalize crisis rather than leading people beyond it,” the charter’s preamble says, calling for “a coalition of willing States committed to practical cooperation and effective action.”

[…] The expansive mandate underscored Trump’s accelerating push to replace the international system established by the U.S. after World War II, which he has attacked for years as ineffective, with a new structure built around himself that bypasses existing multilateral institutions. Earlier this month he pulled the U.S. out of 31 U.N. agencies and bodies, saying they operated “contrary to U.S. national interests.”

Countries that agree to join the board could serve for a three-year term, but that limit would be waived for countries that agree to contribute $1 billion in cash to the board, according to the charter, which was previously reported by Bloomberg. The charter doesn’t say how the fees will be used.

“It’s hard not to read this as an attempt to establish a precedent in Gaza that could be used elsewhere in terms of saying that Trump is going to be calling the global shots here, and you either fall in line or you’re not part of the process,” said Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at the European Council on Foreign Relations. (read more)

Figured that out all on their own, did they?

[…] “The Board of Peace is an international organization that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict,” it says.

[…] Around 60 governments have received invitations to join the board, but the reaction from most has been cautious so far. Asked Monday about the Trump plan, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters: “We’re talking to allies about the terms of the Board of Peace.”

France has been asked to join the board but plans to decline the offer for now because the charter goes beyond responsibility for Gaza and raises questions about the impact it would have on the U.N., according to a French official.

[…] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on X he had been invited onto the board and had already accepted. Orbán has positioned himself as one of the loudest advocates for Trump’s peace efforts in Ukraine. “We have, of course, accepted this honourable invitation,” Orbán said.

The king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, and the president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, also announced they would join the board, officials from each country said on social-media posts that didn’t mention the $1 billion fee for a permanent seat.

[…] As chairman, Trump would have wide authority over the new organization, with the power to appoint and remove member states, as well as a veto over its decisions. The charter specifies that the board’s decisions will be “made by a majority of the member states present and voting, subject to the approval of the chairman, who may also cast a vote in his capacity as chairman in the event of a tie.”

It also reserves for the chairman the “exclusive authority” to create other entities to carry out the board’s mission.

The charter specifies that “Donald J. Trump shall serve as inaugural Chairman,” and it appears to outline a succession procedure that ensures he or a handpicked successor would remain in the position indefinitely.

“Replacement of the Chairman may occur only following voluntary resignation or as a result of incapacity,” it says. In that event, “the Chairman’s designated successor shall immediately assume the position of the Chairman.” (read more)

“Complicated business, folks. Complicated business.” ~DJT

Trump’s Davos schedule, via the White House.

Depart DC Tuesday evening

Wednesday in Davos:

2:10 PM – Greets WEF leadership

2:30 PM – Delivers his Davos speech

3:45 PM – Bilats and meetings

5:25 PM – Business reception

Thursday

10:30 AM – Board of Peace Charter Announcement

Then back home

When a Slave Becomes a Journalist... and Socrates Gets Put to Death for Corrupting the Youth of Athens

...and when the Slave Aesop's Subjective Morality Tales (of Good vs. Evil Narratives) Replace Objective Reporting.  BTW - Which are the "Good" Animal's races, and Which the "Evil" Ones, and is that all that is important to know in order to judge the facts regarding an encounter between them?

from Google AI:

Socrates and Aesop are linked in Plato's writings, particularly the Phaedo, where Socrates, awaiting execution, composes verses of Aesop's fables, connecting the ancient fabulist's practical, animal-based morals with his own philosophical quest for virtue and knowledge, highlighting both figures as unconventional wise men facing unjust condemnation, though differing in social standing and philosophical approach. Aesop represents embodied, common-sense wisdom, while Socrates embodies abstract philosophical inquiry, yet Plato bridges them, showing how fables can serve higher philosophical aims. 

Key Connections: 

The Phaedo: Socrates' final hours involve him reflecting on a dream, prompting him to write down some of Aesop's fables in verse, viewing them as a way to understand pleasure/pain and the soul's journey. 

Philosophical Roots: Plato uses Aesop to show that philosophy isn't just for elites; the simple stories of animals teach profound moral lessons that resonate with everyday life and prepare people for ethical understanding, a precursor to philosophical thought. 

Unjust Condemnation: Both figures faced unjust condemnation (Aesop as a slave, Socrates as corrupting youth), and their stories highlight different responses to societal misunderstanding. 

Practical vs. Theoretical Wisdom: Aesop's fables offer practical, embodied wisdom (connecting humans to their animal nature), contrasting with Plato's more theoretical philosophy but showing their shared goal of teaching virtue. 

Aesop (c. 620–564 BCE): 

A Greek fabulist credited with Aesop's Fables, featuring anthropomorphic animals. 

His existence is debated, likely a collection of stories. 

Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE): 

Athenian philosopher who taught through questioning (the Socratic Method). 

Wrote nothing himself; known through Plato and others. 

Executed for impiety and corrupting youth. 

In essence, Plato integrates the humble, popular tradition of Aesop into the high philosophy of Socrates, showing how foundational moral tales can serve profound philosophical purposes, making wisdom accessible across social divides

Trading Doubt and Scientific Uncertainty for Moral Certainty

"Trust the Science?"

On the 'Oedipal' Roots of TDS....

...an inability to interpret "Repetition" through Trump's Schizoid (non-Oedipal) Artful Deal-Making Actions

Trump as Nixon Resurrected