Imagine believing that you know what is in the best interests of others, and worse, ones you have never even met, and worse still, believing you have a right to improve their situation in the manner and timeline you see fit. The belief that one has the right to save the world is termed ‘communal narcissism’. Therein lies the first problem with progressive imperialism.
Right now, as statues across America and beyond are being defaced and/or destroyed by Black Lives Matter protestors it is a good time to reflect on who the heroes on our monuments should be and ask ourselves if we even need any of these pieces of brass and concrete at all in the 21st century. Why does seemingly every country on Earth bother with using public space for the secular worship of dead political and military figures? What point do monuments even serve?
Conversation/interview with Jay Dyer at Pogovor, a prolific author, philosopher, social critic, critic of Hollywood as a tool to promote narratives, who is also an orthodox Christian: We cover transcendental arguments for the existence of God, for ethics, debates with Stefan Molyneux, Matt Dillahunty, as well as debates with Muslim scholars: the struggle for narrative, about Kantbot, dialectical materialism, and much more. Enjoy!
6% of Confirmed Coronavirus-19 Cases End in Death.
Eric Zuesse
As of the end of the day on May 28th (start of May 29th), there had been a global total of 5,900,880 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (or coronavirus-19), and 361,776 total deaths confirmed from that disease. That’s a 6.1% death-rate.
[Prefatory Note: The posted essay is a modified version of an interpretative review of an outstanding book that initially appeared in Challenge, an online publication, a few weeks ago. A timely aspect of Nayyar’s book is the emphasis he places on the importance of effective state/society relations in explaining the remarkable growth experience of Asia. Such an insight seems relevant to the degree to which various governments are effectively managing responses to the challenge of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Max PARRY
Last month, on the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, the European Parliament voted on a resolution entitled “On the Importance of European Remembrance for the Future of Europe.” The adopted document:
This article is about the role ideology actually played in World War II, the Cold War, and plays in today’s world. The links here provide access to deeper explorations, regarding each linked issue. Readers who aren’t interested in ideology won’t be interested in understanding that the US is now a certain type of fascist country, but that’s what’s explained here, for whomever is interested:
