Monatsarchive: September 2022

Wikipedia: One of his most quoted passages (by such figures as William F. Buckley Jr.)[17] is: The problem of an eidos in history, hence, arises only when a Christian transcendental fulfillment becomes immanentized. Such an immanentist hypostasis of the eschaton, however, is a theoretical fallacy.[18]

Chris Hedges: There is a fatal disconnect between a political system that promises democratic equality and freedom while carrying out socioeconomic injustices that result in grotesque income inequality and political stagnation. Decades in the making, this disconnect has extinguished American … Weiterlesen →

In der ČSSR hatten die Häuptlinge des ZK einen neuen Parteichef aus dem Hut gezaubert, einen Funktionär Ohne Namen: Alexander Dubček. Dieses Häschen­krokodil der Nomenklatura verkündete etwas Unglaubliches. Der neue Slogan hieß: Sozialismus mit menschlichem Antlitz. Im ersten Moment spotteten … Weiterlesen →

BBC: Foreigners must tell the Israeli defence ministry if they fall in love with a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to new rules. If they marry, they will be required to leave after 27 months for a cooling-off … Weiterlesen →

Mike Davis, Guardian: But we’ve passed the tipping points in so many ways, and we’re doing so many of the wrong things. It’s not just global warming, and drought, it’s the fact that two-thirds of the new homes built in … Weiterlesen →