Monthly Archives: August 2019

How Dangerous is Donald Trump? by Jeffrey Sachs and others, August 15, 2019

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Marc

08/15/2019 https://gegenblende.dgb.de/artikel/++co++8e31f44a-be89-11e9-ac40-52540088cada HOW DANGEROUS IS DONALD TRUMP? Von Jeffrey D. Sachs, Bandy X. Lee und Ruth Ben-Ghiat New York University and expert on authoritarian regimes and their rulers. Bandy X. Lee is a forensic psychiatrist at the Yale School of … Continue reading →

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The Gigantic Chasm Between Democratic Rhetoric and Capitalist Reality

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Marc

Interview with Rainer Mausfeld, July 2019 Democracy promises the greatest possible freedom from social fear and social determination. Democracy means renouncing on one of the most effective rule techniques: the systematic production of social fear. When those exercising power systematically … Continue reading →

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From Ayn Rand to Paul Ryan: Capitalism as Morality

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Marc

by Stefan Wallaschek, University of Bremen, Blaetter 10/2012 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825415.php Society doesn’t play any role in Ayn Rand’s perspective. Rand reduced persons to the bourgeois who only thinks in economic categories and only needs to respect himself – and no one … Continue reading →

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