Livin’ Bernie Sanders’s Danish Dream
By David Brooks, Feb 12 2016 (LINK to article)
Bernie Sanders's Danish dream will not work in America, any more than it will continue to work for much longer in Europe, and this is why:
Britain's welfare state, which, as a British citizen, I know most about, was founded in the aftermath of WW2 when there was a very strong sense of national identity and social solidarity.
It follows that if the state represents a nation, its citizen SHARE with one another, rather than everyone simply seeking their own personal advantage. It was by sharing the costs, dangers and hardships of the total war against Nazi Germany that, once joined by two powerful allies, it was able to triumph.
We continue to live very much in the aftermath of that war and the overreaction* to Nazism, but the sense of shared national identity and social solidarity has all but disappeared, undermined by a socio-economic system and ethos that priorities personal advantage over social solidarity (thus the ever-increasing divide between rich and poor) and by mass poor-world immigration, which has destroyed the natural ethnic basis of national identity and genuine nationhood. This seems an odd thing for the state to do, but not in view of its true nature, since it serves its age-old strategy of divide and rule (see BLOG in which I elaborate).
Britain has revealed itself for what really is - and always was, of course - which is a mercenary "patron state" deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself, its ruling elites and the immense power they wield and abuse, to their own and favoured (especially wealthy and academic) clients personal advantage, at the expense, and ultimate self-destruction, of society at large.
* The West's Overreaction to Nazism
Showing posts with label nationhood. Show all posts
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Friday, 12 February 2016
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Multi-Ethnic Nationhood an Oxymoronic Absurdity
Why Would I [an Asian American] Join a Party That Doesn’t Really Like Me?
By Marie Tessier, Nov. 5, 2015 (LINK to article)
One needs to remind oneself that the American constitution was written by and for European Americans, who, belonging to the same race of closely related European peoples (including European Jews), had the makings of genuine nationhood.
But there is no such thing as "multi-ethnic nationhood", which is an oxymoronic absurdity on a par with Orwell's Ministries of Peace and Truth.
America is not a nation, but a mercenary "patron state" deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself, its ruling elites and the immense power they wield and abuse, to their own personal advantage and that of favoured (especially wealthy and academic) clients, at the expense of society at large.
This is a difficult, painful and frightening truth to recognise and face up to (especially for said elites and favoured clients, who control all the levers of power and influence), but the truth it is and the sooner it is faced up to the better.
Because of their own dependency on it, academics have not been honest with us, or themselves, about the true nature of the state, which I elaborate on in this BLOG.
Correction: This comment has, in the meantime, been approved and published by the NYT (LINK). The few inconsistencies are a result of MY editing.
By Marie Tessier, Nov. 5, 2015 (LINK to article)
One needs to remind oneself that the American constitution was written by and for European Americans, who, belonging to the same race of closely related European peoples (including European Jews), had the makings of genuine nationhood.
But there is no such thing as "multi-ethnic nationhood", which is an oxymoronic absurdity on a par with Orwell's Ministries of Peace and Truth.
America is not a nation, but a mercenary "patron state" deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself, its ruling elites and the immense power they wield and abuse, to their own personal advantage and that of favoured (especially wealthy and academic) clients, at the expense of society at large.
This is a difficult, painful and frightening truth to recognise and face up to (especially for said elites and favoured clients, who control all the levers of power and influence), but the truth it is and the sooner it is faced up to the better.
Because of their own dependency on it, academics have not been honest with us, or themselves, about the true nature of the state, which I elaborate on in this BLOG.
Correction: This comment has, in the meantime, been approved and published by the NYT (LINK). The few inconsistencies are a result of MY editing.
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
US Constitution Written by and for European Americans
Native Lives Matter, Too
By Lydia Millet, Oct. 13 2015 (LINK to article)
When are Americans going to face up to the reality that is staring them in the face, of America not being a genuine nation, but a mercenary "patron state" deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself, its ruling elites and the immense power they wield and abuse, to their own personal advantage and that of favoured (especially wealthy and academic) "client citizens", at the expense of society at large and its numerous ethnic groupings, which represent the natural basis for genuine nationhood?
The American constitution, as Ms Millet's own reference to the Declaration of Independence makes clear, was written by and for European Americans, and no one else.
This is America's fundamental problem: pretending to be something it is not.
Until Americans face up this truth, there can be no glimmer of hope of them ever resolving their existential social and political problems, and learning to live in harmony with each other and the natural environment, which in the years ahead will tear the country apart. Better to face up the truth now, while there is still time to resolve these problems in a rational and civilised fashion.
It is the nature of the state itself (and not just the American state) which needs to be properly understood, something which academics have not been honest with us - or themselves - about, because of their own dependency (as clients and employees) on it: On The Perverted Darwinian Nature of the State and Civilisation itself.
By Lydia Millet, Oct. 13 2015 (LINK to article)
When are Americans going to face up to the reality that is staring them in the face, of America not being a genuine nation, but a mercenary "patron state" deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself, its ruling elites and the immense power they wield and abuse, to their own personal advantage and that of favoured (especially wealthy and academic) "client citizens", at the expense of society at large and its numerous ethnic groupings, which represent the natural basis for genuine nationhood?
The American constitution, as Ms Millet's own reference to the Declaration of Independence makes clear, was written by and for European Americans, and no one else.
This is America's fundamental problem: pretending to be something it is not.
Until Americans face up this truth, there can be no glimmer of hope of them ever resolving their existential social and political problems, and learning to live in harmony with each other and the natural environment, which in the years ahead will tear the country apart. Better to face up the truth now, while there is still time to resolve these problems in a rational and civilised fashion.
It is the nature of the state itself (and not just the American state) which needs to be properly understood, something which academics have not been honest with us - or themselves - about, because of their own dependency (as clients and employees) on it: On The Perverted Darwinian Nature of the State and Civilisation itself.
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