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...
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...
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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