At the recent UN General Assembly, several countries accused the Russian president of imperialism (eg, 2022 invasion of Ukraine). It has been a long way for Russia: from imperialism to communism to nationalism and back to imperialism. I presume Putin will be proud of being called an imperialist. The countries accusing Russia of imperialism know what they are talking...
Federalism vs Imperialism
Paradigm shift in the belief system Politics (2)
Yesterday's blog was about paradigm shifts in the 7 Belief systems. One of these shifts relates to Politics, a belief system in its Power domain. I expect that Politics - and in particular liberal democracy - is on its way out. Politics based on identity (ie, Nationalism) and/or a strongman (ie, Imperialism) is already on the winning hand. A combination of...
From Imperialism to Globalism to Nationalism and Back
Lately, I’ve been reading about the decline of the Nation-State (eg, Guardian, NRC). To my surprise, they use the surge in Nationalism as evidence for this decline. Perhaps, there’s a definition issue as Nationalism should be evidence to the contrary. Federalism, Globalism and Imperialism are evidence of a decline (of the importance of) the Nation-State....
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