Our philosopher-photographer friend Laszlo Bencze sends us some thoughts on J. P. Moreland’s recent book, Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology: – (O’Leary for News) I just finished my reading of this book and I think it’s an excellent analysis of the issues which
Source: J.P. Moreland on Darwinism and “reverse intelligent design” | Uncommon Descent
With the likely win of Jair Bolsonaro in the upcoming runoff election for president of Brazil, a global resurgence of the radical right will be secured. Mr. Bolsonaro is a particularly ugly representative of this movement, both politically repressive and culturally intolerant. The question being asked in the bourgeois press is: what psychological malady is taking hold that could persuade voters to elect such a person? More
Donald Trump has given rise to a great deal of handwringing by those conservatives who seek to distance themselves from him.
Source: Trump Didn’t Destroy the Conservative Movement — He Cashed In On Its Darkest Tendencies | Alternet
“This is a dark day for Brazil; Brazilian democracy is now in complete crisis”
Source: ‘Far More Dangerous Than Trump’: Extremist, Far-Right Bolsonaro Wins Brazil’s Presidency
Now you don’t get to prattle about conspiracy theories.
Gentile antisemitism is a terrible thing, but what about jewish antigentilism?
Its [Israel’s] fate will then fatally follow that of South Africa under apartheid, and in the long run, neither the Bible nor the atom bomb will manage to save it…. Israel put an end to Jewish modernity. Diaspora Judaism had been the critical conscience of the Western world; Israel survives as one of its mechanisms of domination.
Source: The End of Jewish Modernity: Book Review | Foreign Policy Journal
R48G: beyond historical theories, the eonic effect, and a new kind of history of capitalism//outline of a new blogbook
September 21st, 2017 • Continue reading The trap of historical theories…
Flawed historical models using concept of ‘civilization’
May 29th, 2018 Continue reading Flawed historical models using concept of ‘civilization’
What is strange and rather amusing is that the White House advisers to Trump deem it necessary to explain to Americans the failures of ‘socialism’ in 2018. But when you delve into the report, it becomes clear that what is worrying the Trumpists is not ‘socialism’, but the policies of left Democrat Bernie Sanders for higher taxes on the rich 1% and the increased popularity of a ‘single-payer’ national health service for all. The popularity of these policies threatens the Republican majority in Congress and also the wealth and income of big pharma corporations and Trump’s billionaire supporters.
Source: Socialism and the White House | Michael Roberts Blog
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