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human i hate the spectacle
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so liberal-anarchism follows libertarian-anarchism into the abyss of corruption…
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
so liberal-anarchism follows libertarian-anarchism into the abyss of corruption…
Blaming AI for corrupting the quality nd trustworthiness information, is the height of naivity... the problem began with the invention of the spectacle, 100 years on and people still want to have faith in the information they receive
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Blaming AI for corrupting the quality nd trustworthiness information, is the height of naivity... the problem began with the invention of the spectacle, 100 years on and people still want to have faith in the information they receive
such a shame about Chomsky, if he had died in say 2005, his reputation would not have collapsed like this… living long enough to spend time with war criminals and sex criminals… hey ho.
February 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
such a shame about Chomsky, if he had died in say 2005, his reputation would not have collapsed like this… living long enough to spend time with war criminals and sex criminals… hey ho.
the genocide being carried out by Israel continues…
February 2, 2026 at 11:59 AM
the genocide being carried out by Israel continues…
i just looked up the Labour party’s list of the achievements of the Starmer Government… there is nothing worth mentioning
February 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
i just looked up the Labour party’s list of the achievements of the Starmer Government… there is nothing worth mentioning
I am enjoying reading about the rightwing marxist and stalinist who helped established the EU… sadly the EU has not turned out as well as it could have … #philosophy
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I am enjoying reading about the rightwing marxist and stalinist who helped established the EU… sadly the EU has not turned out as well as it could have … #philosophy
i can understad what they are saying, they cannot imagine what i am saying
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 PM
i can understad what they are saying, they cannot imagine what i am saying
Often when speaking to liberals, (within which I include the difference between Keynesian, neoliberals and now neo-managerial/illiberals) is how difficult the DIFFERENCE is between their unthinking faith in the market and liberalism, and the total/pure critique of such things that I live with […]
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February 1, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Often when speaking to liberals, (within which I include the difference between Keynesian, neoliberals and now neo-managerial/illiberals) is how difficult the DIFFERENCE is between their unthinking faith in the market and liberalism, and the total/pure critique of such things that I live with […]
it's true nothing new has to be said about liberalism, in the 21st C nothing new can be said, needs to be said... - -
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
it's true nothing new has to be said about liberalism, in the 21st C nothing new can be said, needs to be said... - -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/115986017304189709
earlier in this exchange when I was insisting that liberalism should be judged in terms of "actually existing liberalism" rather than as an idealism, this was rejected. Now we have reached the point where liberalism as an idealism and in […]
earlier in this exchange when I was insisting that liberalism should be judged in terms of "actually existing liberalism" rather than as an idealism, this was rejected. Now we have reached the point where liberalism as an idealism and in […]
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January 31, 2026 at 11:18 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/115986017304189709
earlier in this exchange when I was insisting that liberalism should be judged in terms of "actually existing liberalism" rather than as an idealism, this was rejected. Now we have reached the point where liberalism as an idealism and in […]
earlier in this exchange when I was insisting that liberalism should be judged in terms of "actually existing liberalism" rather than as an idealism, this was rejected. Now we have reached the point where liberalism as an idealism and in […]
i remember, it was not that long ago, when Israel
was considered as a flower of liberalism and democracy in the middle east... Much better they said than Iran, Syria and Lebanon. The tragic delusions of westerners... #politics
was considered as a flower of liberalism and democracy in the middle east... Much better they said than Iran, Syria and Lebanon. The tragic delusions of westerners... #politics
January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
i remember, it was not that long ago, when Israel
was considered as a flower of liberalism and democracy in the middle east... Much better they said than Iran, Syria and Lebanon. The tragic delusions of westerners... #politics
was considered as a flower of liberalism and democracy in the middle east... Much better they said than Iran, Syria and Lebanon. The tragic delusions of westerners... #politics
not surprised at the difference in media and political outrage in the West regarding the killing in Iran versus Israel. Israel admitted 100,000 were killed. (Complete and utter silence from media and commentators) #politics.
January 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
not surprised at the difference in media and political outrage in the West regarding the killing in Iran versus Israel. Israel admitted 100,000 were killed. (Complete and utter silence from media and commentators) #politics.
ditched another gmail account... i have to keep one because the users of gmail, sometimes block images and other things from non-gmail accounts... because they do not know what they are doing.
January 30, 2026 at 11:33 AM
ditched another gmail account... i have to keep one because the users of gmail, sometimes block images and other things from non-gmail accounts... because they do not know what they are doing.
So Lefebvre and Lenin then
“ There is no reason not to quote Lenin again ‘The beginning - the most most simple, ordinary, mass, immediate "Being”: the single commodity (Sein in political economy). The analysis of it as a social relation. A double analysis, deductive and inductive - logical and […]
“ There is no reason not to quote Lenin again ‘The beginning - the most most simple, ordinary, mass, immediate "Being”: the single commodity (Sein in political economy). The analysis of it as a social relation. A double analysis, deductive and inductive - logical and […]
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January 30, 2026 at 11:31 AM
So Lefebvre and Lenin then
“ There is no reason not to quote Lenin again ‘The beginning - the most most simple, ordinary, mass, immediate "Being”: the single commodity (Sein in political economy). The analysis of it as a social relation. A double analysis, deductive and inductive - logical and […]
“ There is no reason not to quote Lenin again ‘The beginning - the most most simple, ordinary, mass, immediate "Being”: the single commodity (Sein in political economy). The analysis of it as a social relation. A double analysis, deductive and inductive - logical and […]
as the BBC issues endless pro-war (Iran) and Pro-Israel fascist propaganda... nobody should imagine public service broadcasting can recover...
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
as the BBC issues endless pro-war (Iran) and Pro-Israel fascist propaganda... nobody should imagine public service broadcasting can recover...
Another law of the #spectacle is that there is no such thing as an anti-techno theorist, though they think they are, and you can tell them from now until you are dead and it will make no difference. This is a variant of Truffarts "There is no thing as an anti-war movie.."
January 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Another law of the #spectacle is that there is no such thing as an anti-techno theorist, though they think they are, and you can tell them from now until you are dead and it will make no difference. This is a variant of Truffarts "There is no thing as an anti-war movie.."
I see Americans here still think, that in some sense the US President can be blamed on Putin... It's perculiar how they want to deny any responsiblity for American imperialism... [pitiful really
January 29, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I see Americans here still think, that in some sense the US President can be blamed on Putin... It's perculiar how they want to deny any responsiblity for American imperialism... [pitiful really
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This is the reality of means-testing and work requirements. Even those on the left can fall for this stuff and ignore the costs. To end this madness, we need to go universal. No more means-testing or conditions. Universal basic income, healthcare, and education. And tax the rich more than they get.
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is the reality of means-testing and work requirements. Even those on the left can fall for this stuff and ignore the costs. To end this madness, we need to go universal. No more means-testing or conditions. Universal basic income, healthcare, and education. And tax the rich more than they get.
RE: https://zirk.us/@philosophyblogs/115978986949446875
open the book and read one page after another...
open the book and read one page after another...
Big iff True || How to make yourself read more books
https://bigifftrue.substack.com/p/the-secret-to-reading-more
https://bigifftrue.substack.com/p/the-secret-to-reading-more
How to make yourself read more books
There really is one simple trick. (But you might not like it.)
bigifftrue.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
RE: https://zirk.us/@philosophyblogs/115978986949446875
open the book and read one page after another...
open the book and read one page after another...
hums #wordweavers Jan 29. Have you ever written a pet into one of your stories?
yes, infected with a virus
yes, infected with a virus
January 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
hums #wordweavers Jan 29. Have you ever written a pet into one of your stories?
yes, infected with a virus
yes, infected with a virus
i am enjoying reading the Boris Groys book on Alexandrfe Kojeve... it's strange how my overiding impression is that he could only write and think like that in the period he lived in 1902-1968 in neoliberalism it would have been impossible. #poitics #philosophy
January 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
i am enjoying reading the Boris Groys book on Alexandrfe Kojeve... it's strange how my overiding impression is that he could only write and think like that in the period he lived in 1902-1968 in neoliberalism it would have been impossible. #poitics #philosophy
i object to the concept going around that says the USA is "becoming fascist" they say it many different ways - but they are all severely mistaken: it is a 21st C fascist state, a society which desired and voted for this. #politics.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 AM
i object to the concept going around that says the USA is "becoming fascist" they say it many different ways - but they are all severely mistaken: it is a 21st C fascist state, a society which desired and voted for this. #politics.
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115962113337707417
no this is a foolish waste of effort
no this is a foolish waste of effort
social.growyourown.services
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115962113337707417
no this is a foolish waste of effort
no this is a foolish waste of effort
on bluesky a professor asked "Did anyone actually vote to have masked Federal agents hold US citizens down and shoot them in the back?" Yes they did vote for this... for themselves and others. (the professor should be sacked for this idiocy) #politics
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
on bluesky a professor asked "Did anyone actually vote to have masked Federal agents hold US citizens down and shoot them in the back?" Yes they did vote for this... for themselves and others. (the professor should be sacked for this idiocy) #politics
i see that American and other left-liberals have decided that Trump is a fascist, soon they will reluctantly understand and confess that Starmer is as well
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
i see that American and other left-liberals have decided that Trump is a fascist, soon they will reluctantly understand and confess that Starmer is as well