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The Holocaust, Scrupulosity and Jewish Antizionism (opens the original)
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This is another comment that got out of control, so I’m reposting it as a mini-post. It was posted on ’s post about Norman Finkelstein and the role of the Holocaust in his antizionism.As far as I am aware, there is little serious literature on antizionist Jews. Doubtless some are simply parroting the received wisdom on Israel on the far-left and, increasingly, moderate-left, either from genuine belief or simply as the price necessary to be involved in left-wing politics today. But some d
Burnout (opens the original)
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Lately, I feel on the verge of burnout. Things seem finely poised, balanced on the brink of an abyss, not falling, but precarious.My main priority is looking after our one-year-old daughter. She is healthy, curious, increasingly mobile and has no sense of danger yet, which means she requires a lot of looking after. Plus, she is still not sleeping through the night, so my wife and I haven’t slept well for over a year.This would all be exhausting even without the burnout from three years of extrem
The End of Technocracy? (opens the original)
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This post may be truncated in some email clients. Click to read it in full in your web browser.In the previous posts (part one, part two), we examined the origins and nature of the technocratic form of government and the elite who implement it, as well as the populist reactions to it. In this post, we look at how the technocrats are trying to maintain power and try to dr
The Crisis of Legitimacy (opens the original)
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In the previous post, we examined the origins and nature of the technocratic form of government and the elite who implement it, as well as the populist reactions to it. In this post, we look at why and how the technocratic settlement is breaking down now.Why Now? Cracks in the Technocratic FaçadeRole of Social MediaWhy Now? Cracks in the Technocratic FaçadeSince the financial crisis of 2008 and particularly since 2016, there has been a widespread feeling
The Dream of Control (opens the original)
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IntroductionNormal Politics vs. Regime PoliticsTechnocracy as a Form of GovernmentThe Open SocietyAnatomy of an ElitePopulism as OppositionIntroductionIt is not a new observation to note that the current age, the one we have been in since 2016 or perhaps 2008, is one of political upheaval, perhaps the most intense such period since the 1930s and 40s. Political change is being driven by extremely rapid social, cultural and technological change.Popular
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