Whatโs there to be proud of?
Pride plays an important role in most โ if not all โ ideologies on the right of the political spectrum. National pride and racial pride are the most obvious examples. The former is, of course, the core feature of nationalism or patriotism; the latter is the foundation of racism. The dominant kind of pride in contemporary right-wing thought seems to be civilizational pride, however. That is, one of the key aspects of the alt-right and right-wing populism as well as more mainstream contemporary conservatism is pride in Western civilization. This pride in Western civilization, letโs call it โWestern prideโ, is...
Greece, Europe, and the Hegemony of Psychopathy
Question: Why canโt Greece repay its debts? Answer: Because its economy is in shambles. Question: Why is its economy so bad? Answer: Because the EU destroyed it. Thatโs the short answer. Itโs not the answer youโll read in most newspapers or hear on the TV โ those will tell you that itโs all the Greeksโ own fault. Their incompetent politicians and low productivity are too blame, theyโll tell you, or something similar. While it is undoubtedly true that Greece โ like most other countries, by the way โ has had its share of incompetent politicians, the story the mainstream press...