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The Structure of a Whole Life (Revolutionary Aristotelianism Part 5)
In modernizing tendencies, there are fewer opportunities to develop the excellences associated with the internal goods of practices and the bonds of social life largely disappear to be replaced with the administrative apparatus of faraway governments. The sociological foundation of shared lives pursuing excellences together is dissolved.
Modernity as Fragmentation (Revolutionary Aristotelianism Part 4)
If we separate out our individual selves from our larger social context we cannot reason together morally about the things that are social by nature. As modernity erodes our shared social existence it also erodes individual identity and the capacity for a shared moral framework.
The world out of kilter: occupation and zombification
This ruling gang, which is essentially nothing but an occupying force, shares neither the specific local moral codes of the various peoples it rules over, nor the general human sense of right and wrong that would once have been shared by its own ancestors.
Clarity and focus
The flood of “hate” laws being introduced across the world, seeking to prevent so-called “online harm” is largely a response to growing public awareness of the nature of the criminocratic system.
Good Cities, Good Citizens, Good People
Aristotle helps us to understand where oligarchs’ perversity lies. Under such circumstances, the conditions for producing good citizens is not only limited, but actively undermined.
The Coming to Be of Society (Revolutionary Aristotelianism, Part 2)
The whole point of Aristotle’s science, his account of causation, really turns on this inclusion of purpose and meaning. These are absolutely banished from consideration in modern science.
The false red flag: a despotic dead end
Bakunin also answered a defence of Marxism that is still being peddled today, namely that in theory its authoritarian revolutionary state will eventually disappear, allowing the final liberation of the people in a free socialist society.
The false red flag: a repugnant racket
The specific role of the Bolsheviks was to seize power, crush the genuine popular revolt and ensure that Russia was turned into an authoritarian centralised state – under the ultimate control of Wall Street Financiers.
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