Yakov M. Rabkin, Professor Emeritus of History at the Université of Montréal, analyzes how demodernization fuels prejudice and the normalization of Russophobia.
Pascal, te sigo desde el anonimato, te quejas mucho de lo que sucede al mundo, y eso está muy bien, y también parece que no quieres ofender a nadie, cosa que te envidio que sepas hacer tan bien. Me refiero al lenguaje que cada uno de nosotros utilizamos para expresarnos, cada uno es libre de utilizar la forma que considere más idonea de hacer. Este preambulo viene a cuento, porque echo de menos, en este desmoronamiento de la Humanidad entera en que nos encontramos, nadie parece querer llamar por su nombre a mucho de lo que sucede. Echo mucho de menos, llamar al pan pan y al vino vino. Los criminales y asesinos de los estadounidenses, el 28 de febrero atacaron un pais, llamado Irán, que previamente no los atacó de ninguna de las formas, y los judios y sus amigos criminales de los estadounidenses, asesinaron del orden de dos mil o tres mil personas inocentes, además de mucha destrucción de patrimonio de Irán, aún estoy por ver que se llame criminales, asesinos, agresores y ladrones a los Estados Unidos e Israel. ¿y todo ésto porque sucede? Simplemente porque Irán no quiere cumplir la orden miserable de judios y norteamericanos de bajarse los pantalones y permitirles hacer, lo que les de la gana en Irán y con sus gobernantes, a esas mal nacidas personas de Trump y Netanyahu y mal nacidos países de Israel y USA, como apropiarse de su riqueza nacional, y dictar como ha de ser la vida en Irán. Ésta respuesta, a tu excelente publicación, es un intento de mi parte, de convencer al mundo, que no acaberemos con el MAL O LA MALDAD envolviendola en papel fantasía o tela de terciopelo o con subterfugios del lenguaje. Yo no pienso que estemos, frente a una desmodernización de la Humanidad entera. Estamos en un enfrentamiento abierto y sin titubeos entre la maldad más salvaje, brutal y criminal sin necesidad de declaración judicial que asi lo sostenga en una sentencia de magistrados, recuerda, que la decadencia a la que se llegó en la Francia Luis XVI, la resolvieron maravillosamente, creando la GUILLOTINA. Cortar el cuello a Reyes, Aristocracia, Presidentes, Ministros o Primero Ministroscriminales como Trump o netanyahu, sin necesidad de abogado, fiscales jueces o tribunales, no nos debiera espantar cortarles el cuelo y fusilaros, junto a sus esposas, hijos, hermanos, amigo, padres y abuelos, lo que nos debiera dar pánico, es nuestra pasividad de consentir lo que estamos consintiendo en la más absoluta impunidad criminal mundial, no pretendamos que andemos o visitiemos seguros el mundo entero, USA e iIsrael han llenado el mundo de personas con ganas de cortar el cuello a personas de esas nacionalidades y de nacionalidades que consienten a esos repugnantes cerdos de Trump y Netanyu por hacer lo que hacen en Palestina, Gaza, Líbano irán, no vaya nadie seguro por el mundo cualquiera nos puede desear cortar el cuello. Y tendrán toda la razón del mundo para hacerlo.
Pascal, a great essay, thoroughly enlightening, the unfortunate reality is that every point made is so accurate, however for the present, I would wager that but for the fact the present cast of reprobates, belligerent racists who are attacking, vilifying, denigrating The Russian Federation are broke or close to economic ruin, that none of this would be happening.
Turn the clock back to pre 2008, everything was going swimmingly, along comes the 2008 GFC and the economic mismanagement can was kicked down the road, commensurate the at the time very subtle ratcheting up of tensions against the TRF, to the point by 2014 the Maidan coup of Yanukovich and the West had decided to go all in, the Donbas the start of the Kinetic.
These morons knew they were toast unless they recapitalised their indebted economies,since we have seen indebtedness elevated to heretofore never seen levels, spending like drunken sailors, they have placed their bet, it all rests, economic salvation upon defeating Russia, balkanising the TRF per stated objectives and thus recapitalisation of the now bankrupted Western Financial system, the politicians behind it all, mere puppets in the hands of those most impacted, those calling the real shots, dominating policy, the Financiers, Bankers, Corporates and smattering of Billionaires who have decided to go all in and stake their claim… it’s a feeding frenzy, greed and avarice on steroids, if successful the fall of the USSR will make the resulting fiscal grab look like a junior school field trip compared the tree for all likely to result if these tyrants succeed.
Thankfully, we know there is little chance of that, TRF has them matched, bettered and more on most metrics including militarily, technologically, fiscally, industrially, demographically and especially with political support globally,from the global south and an expswathe of western citizens, whilst most notably the extremely special relationship TFR has with China and Iran, DPRK and a number of other States will be invaluable in the event of a direct hot war against TRF.
Though the West opines and agitates for War, they will never ever win one, be it a kinetic or a nuclear conflagration, thankfully we have the specious fraud, Elinsky to thank for such…being he who made illegal the use of the letter “Z” go figure, thankfully his exaggerated reports of Nazi successes have become believed and centric to Western policymakers and the basis upon which these deluded Western political whores together their military are basing much of their decision making… seriously you wouldn’t read about it, but it is what it is.
All I can say is that theirs, the Western warmongering political hacks together their masters and puppeteers come to Jesus damascene moment, will…. when it arrives be truly momentous.. oh to be a fly on the wall when it does arrive.. joy, pure unadulterated joy it will be watching these warmongers, liars, frauds, charlatans implode mentally, realising they have been duped, their spend thrift budgets predicated anticipated windfalls never to materialise… a fallacy, oh wonder of wonders how joyful to see the abject panic when that realisation hits etch upon their ugly faces… just saying
“Hate” is a tool used by leaders and society elites to manipulate and sway public opinion to con Joe and Jane Q Public to support aggressive behaviour against another country or to go to war against them, deprive ethnic minorities of rights, or steal/rob ethnic groups of their property and wealth. “Hate” is a very powerful tool… part of the arsenal used by just about every group, country and civilization through the thousands of years of human existence.
"The concept of race varies across time and culture, serving historically to justify hierarchies, slavery, and colonialism." So says AI (and me).
Elites sew divisions any way they can to distract us from attacking their iron-clad hold on the resources of the globe. This has resulted in the Professor's demodernization.
There is a slow awakening to this in the masses. Let us work to speed this process and get on to the next stage, which will liberate us from this fiendish profit-based system to one of equality and justice for the whole of humanity.
Seems there is not much help left for this kind of atavistic project.
Post-modernism had always held such danger in it, and "liberal elites" are obsessed with it.
What to do about it, let us invoke first principles and modern cybernetics.
The global competition on many playgrounds will give an answer.
Just use what you know.
First principle predicts that such societies, as described by above author, are unable to compete in the long run. They talk about themselves, when they talk about primitive folks in the jungle.
Don't help anyone out of such cabal. Just push them forward, and they will fall into abyss. Encourage them.
Professor Rabkin's analysis should be a must read article on Frontpage Newspapers worldwide. An article for the people.
Thank you Pascal.
I would propose you this article:
Pascal, te sigo desde el anonimato, te quejas mucho de lo que sucede al mundo, y eso está muy bien, y también parece que no quieres ofender a nadie, cosa que te envidio que sepas hacer tan bien. Me refiero al lenguaje que cada uno de nosotros utilizamos para expresarnos, cada uno es libre de utilizar la forma que considere más idonea de hacer. Este preambulo viene a cuento, porque echo de menos, en este desmoronamiento de la Humanidad entera en que nos encontramos, nadie parece querer llamar por su nombre a mucho de lo que sucede. Echo mucho de menos, llamar al pan pan y al vino vino. Los criminales y asesinos de los estadounidenses, el 28 de febrero atacaron un pais, llamado Irán, que previamente no los atacó de ninguna de las formas, y los judios y sus amigos criminales de los estadounidenses, asesinaron del orden de dos mil o tres mil personas inocentes, además de mucha destrucción de patrimonio de Irán, aún estoy por ver que se llame criminales, asesinos, agresores y ladrones a los Estados Unidos e Israel. ¿y todo ésto porque sucede? Simplemente porque Irán no quiere cumplir la orden miserable de judios y norteamericanos de bajarse los pantalones y permitirles hacer, lo que les de la gana en Irán y con sus gobernantes, a esas mal nacidas personas de Trump y Netanyahu y mal nacidos países de Israel y USA, como apropiarse de su riqueza nacional, y dictar como ha de ser la vida en Irán. Ésta respuesta, a tu excelente publicación, es un intento de mi parte, de convencer al mundo, que no acaberemos con el MAL O LA MALDAD envolviendola en papel fantasía o tela de terciopelo o con subterfugios del lenguaje. Yo no pienso que estemos, frente a una desmodernización de la Humanidad entera. Estamos en un enfrentamiento abierto y sin titubeos entre la maldad más salvaje, brutal y criminal sin necesidad de declaración judicial que asi lo sostenga en una sentencia de magistrados, recuerda, que la decadencia a la que se llegó en la Francia Luis XVI, la resolvieron maravillosamente, creando la GUILLOTINA. Cortar el cuello a Reyes, Aristocracia, Presidentes, Ministros o Primero Ministroscriminales como Trump o netanyahu, sin necesidad de abogado, fiscales jueces o tribunales, no nos debiera espantar cortarles el cuelo y fusilaros, junto a sus esposas, hijos, hermanos, amigo, padres y abuelos, lo que nos debiera dar pánico, es nuestra pasividad de consentir lo que estamos consintiendo en la más absoluta impunidad criminal mundial, no pretendamos que andemos o visitiemos seguros el mundo entero, USA e iIsrael han llenado el mundo de personas con ganas de cortar el cuello a personas de esas nacionalidades y de nacionalidades que consienten a esos repugnantes cerdos de Trump y Netanyu por hacer lo que hacen en Palestina, Gaza, Líbano irán, no vaya nadie seguro por el mundo cualquiera nos puede desear cortar el cuello. Y tendrán toda la razón del mundo para hacerlo.
Ohh no! Yet another ‘De- ‘ word to encompass this thoughtful rich analysis. So now after
de-colonization we have
de-modernization? Really? Please do not succumb to academe ‘new speech’ — can we not do better?
Pascal, a great essay, thoroughly enlightening, the unfortunate reality is that every point made is so accurate, however for the present, I would wager that but for the fact the present cast of reprobates, belligerent racists who are attacking, vilifying, denigrating The Russian Federation are broke or close to economic ruin, that none of this would be happening.
Turn the clock back to pre 2008, everything was going swimmingly, along comes the 2008 GFC and the economic mismanagement can was kicked down the road, commensurate the at the time very subtle ratcheting up of tensions against the TRF, to the point by 2014 the Maidan coup of Yanukovich and the West had decided to go all in, the Donbas the start of the Kinetic.
These morons knew they were toast unless they recapitalised their indebted economies,since we have seen indebtedness elevated to heretofore never seen levels, spending like drunken sailors, they have placed their bet, it all rests, economic salvation upon defeating Russia, balkanising the TRF per stated objectives and thus recapitalisation of the now bankrupted Western Financial system, the politicians behind it all, mere puppets in the hands of those most impacted, those calling the real shots, dominating policy, the Financiers, Bankers, Corporates and smattering of Billionaires who have decided to go all in and stake their claim… it’s a feeding frenzy, greed and avarice on steroids, if successful the fall of the USSR will make the resulting fiscal grab look like a junior school field trip compared the tree for all likely to result if these tyrants succeed.
Thankfully, we know there is little chance of that, TRF has them matched, bettered and more on most metrics including militarily, technologically, fiscally, industrially, demographically and especially with political support globally,from the global south and an expswathe of western citizens, whilst most notably the extremely special relationship TFR has with China and Iran, DPRK and a number of other States will be invaluable in the event of a direct hot war against TRF.
Though the West opines and agitates for War, they will never ever win one, be it a kinetic or a nuclear conflagration, thankfully we have the specious fraud, Elinsky to thank for such…being he who made illegal the use of the letter “Z” go figure, thankfully his exaggerated reports of Nazi successes have become believed and centric to Western policymakers and the basis upon which these deluded Western political whores together their military are basing much of their decision making… seriously you wouldn’t read about it, but it is what it is.
All I can say is that theirs, the Western warmongering political hacks together their masters and puppeteers come to Jesus damascene moment, will…. when it arrives be truly momentous.. oh to be a fly on the wall when it does arrive.. joy, pure unadulterated joy it will be watching these warmongers, liars, frauds, charlatans implode mentally, realising they have been duped, their spend thrift budgets predicated anticipated windfalls never to materialise… a fallacy, oh wonder of wonders how joyful to see the abject panic when that realisation hits etch upon their ugly faces… just saying
Kia Kaha (Stay strong) From New Zealand
Prejudice is always weaponized as needed by the pathological, but we’re already in a post modern world.
“Hate” is a tool used by leaders and society elites to manipulate and sway public opinion to con Joe and Jane Q Public to support aggressive behaviour against another country or to go to war against them, deprive ethnic minorities of rights, or steal/rob ethnic groups of their property and wealth. “Hate” is a very powerful tool… part of the arsenal used by just about every group, country and civilization through the thousands of years of human existence.
Thanks for your great work Pascal!
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"The concept of race varies across time and culture, serving historically to justify hierarchies, slavery, and colonialism." So says AI (and me).
Elites sew divisions any way they can to distract us from attacking their iron-clad hold on the resources of the globe. This has resulted in the Professor's demodernization.
There is a slow awakening to this in the masses. Let us work to speed this process and get on to the next stage, which will liberate us from this fiendish profit-based system to one of equality and justice for the whole of humanity.
Seems there is not much help left for this kind of atavistic project.
Post-modernism had always held such danger in it, and "liberal elites" are obsessed with it.
What to do about it, let us invoke first principles and modern cybernetics.
The global competition on many playgrounds will give an answer.
Just use what you know.
First principle predicts that such societies, as described by above author, are unable to compete in the long run. They talk about themselves, when they talk about primitive folks in the jungle.
Don't help anyone out of such cabal. Just push them forward, and they will fall into abyss. Encourage them.