A view of US politics as of August 2020.
American Discontent
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Change…and Fade Away
To be alive means to cope with constant change, just as it is that living means we face death one day. Nothing about us is permanent except the matter we are comprised of (or, at least, that is what we are told by physicists). We are also told by evolutionary biologists that as animals we… Continue reading Change…and Fade Away
Cultural Hegemony and False Consciousness
Ideology is a process accomplished by the so-called thinker consciously, indeed, but with a false consciousness. The real motives impelling him remain unknown to him, otherwise it would not be an ideological process at all. Hence he imagines false or apparent motives. Because it is a process of thought he derives both its form and… Continue reading Cultural Hegemony and False Consciousness
Sentimentality Is Not Ideology
"Classical liberal" is just a better brand of statist. Here's to hoping democracy will be the final form of government in history. In the U.S. corporate media, democracy is revered in holy tones. It is the cure all of any nation’s ills. It is sacred. The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution are… Continue reading Sentimentality Is Not Ideology