On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 10:30:54PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 07:18:48PM -0300, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:59:10 +0000 > > > таракан <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ... [ideology?] ... > > > so going back to your comments on ideology, notice how cypherpunks are > > > just technocrats whose main interest is 'technology', not freedom. > > > > > > Freedom is a great foundation for any ideology worth embracing. > > > > We need (?may be) an antidote to gen-me's "yes, freedom is my right to live > > a 100% self centered nihilistic selfish existence", since when the majority > > of fertile females just ride the cock carousel, we end up with very low > > fertility and rapidly declining population (masking the oligarchy's > > infiniggimmigration). > > > > For a leg up on the ontological/epistemological foundations of any > > political theory, Dugin might be half a start to thought and/or discussion: > > > > Fourth Political Theory: shortest presentation > > > > https://www.geopolitica.ru/en/article/fourth-political-theory-shortest-presentation > > > > [Heady, but a comprehensive overview to kick off with - only half way > > through here and had to take a break; resonating so far with the > > fundamental of the fact of "being" (sort of like existence, but more about > > meta awareness - reminds of the logical conclusion of the 'primary unit of > > authority' yet to meaningfully reach 'the individual' (in our politics at > > least)).] > > > > > > > > Fact: I exist. > > > > Fact: By virtue of my existence, I am with the right to continue to exist, > > the right to do those things necessary to perpetuate my existence (grow and > > hervest plants, farm animals, collect water, build shelter, travel, trade). > > > > Fact: I am with existence, awareness, intention, will, mind, body, spirit, > > emotions, desires, fears, abilities and surely more... > > > > Fact: I am with awareness to the degree that I am aware; awareness is an > > individual experience; the experience of awareness may be vastly different > > for different individuals. > > > > Fact: I am able to en-vision; by this capacity, with will and action, I may > > create, and I am with the right to create that which I choose to create. > > > This is apropos, from another Dugin piece, could have been written by Juan :) > : > > The War on Russia in Its Ideological Dimension > https://www.geopolitica.ru/en/article/war-russia-its-ideological-dimension > > .. The only freedom of choice in the kingdom of global liberalism > is that between Right liberalism, Left liberalism or radical > liberalism, including far-Right liberalism, far-Left liberalism and > extremely radical liberalism. As a consequence, liberalism has been > installed as the operational system of Western civilization and of > all other societies that find themselves in the zone of Western > influence. It has become the common denominator for any politically > correct discourse, and the distinguishing mark which determines who > is accepted by mainstream politics and who is marginalized and > rejected. Conventional wisdom itself became liberal. ...
The reference to Dugin popped up in a classic Pepe Escobar piece, which would be almost criminal to fail to mention: Escobar: Turkey & The Clash Of Civilizations Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, 2020-07-18 https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/clash-of-civilizations-revisited/ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-turkey-clash-civilizations
