Re: The Meaning of Boris Johnson

2022-02-11 Thread Brian Holmes
David, your second paragraph sums up a really complex situation in a few words, thank you. It's fairly easy to understand how right-wing populists raise the anger of the people. They do it with fear, born largely of their own mismanagement. Fear of the pandemic, of economic disruption, of war, of

The Meaning of Boris Johnson

2022-02-11 Thread David Garcia
Old friend of nettime Patrice Riemens recently mailed to ask me how I felt about the weird/surreal state of the UK political scene. This maybe of interest to some if not I will no doubt be corrected. - Rory Stuart, one of the old-style Tories

Re: Cold War Tactics To Battle Fake News

2022-02-11 Thread Martin Donner
@ 3. I’d argue that education ≠ education. It might depend strongly on the kind of education and the question which attitudes it tries to transport and which intentions it fosters. One should not forget that the field of education underwent a big transformation as well highlighting

Cold War Tactics To Battle Fake News

2022-02-11 Thread carlo von lynX
TL;DR 1. Sweden returns to cold war tactics to battle fake news; 2. Habermas himself is afraid social media may break democracy; 3. Education is not the answer. 1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/06/sweden-returns-to-cold-war-tactics-to-battle-fake-news A top