A country unable to defend itself risks losing its independence. A country unable to question itself risks losing the capacity to recognise when that independence has already been compromised.
Category: politics
When humanity finally runs out of idiots to put in charge, it turns to Captain Fractal. Armed with decades of systems thinking, a ridiculous hat and a dangerous understanding of consequences, he sets about un-fucking civilisation.
Institutional incompetence fuels political opportunism. Social media rewards outrage, nobody accepts responsibility, and democracy inherits the bill.
Governments invest heavily in defending against foreign interference while neglecting the administrative failures that make societies vulnerable. Bureaucracy has perfected the art of becoming indispensable without necessarily becoming useful.
Europe’s unrest is sustained by a self-reproducing system of conflict in which opposing positions become mutually sustaining and unresolved grievances become politically and commercially valuable.
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How Societies Sustain Life
A society sustains peace through care, difference and collective intelligence, organising its institutions to preserve life, enable participation and adapt to changing circumstances.
Populismus entsteht nicht allein durch gezielte Manipulation. Kommunikationssysteme begünstigen bereits die Mechanismen, die Polarisierung, Misstrauen und politische Instabilität verstärken.
A civilisation that turns its moral deterioration into public spectacle reorganises the relationships through which political power is recognised, contested and reproduced, making cruelty both a symptom of its decline and a means of perpetuating it.
El populismo no depende únicamente de quienes lo explotan. Los sistemas de comunicación favorecen mecanismos que amplifican la polarización, la desconfianza y la inestabilidad política.
Il populismo non dipende soltanto da chi lo sfrutta. I sistemi di comunicazione favoriscono già i meccanismi che amplificano la polarizzazione, la sfiducia e l’instabilità politica.
Trump depends upon the opposing media he seeks to exclude. Its opposition generates the conflict through which his political identity acquires force. The wizard needs the curtain, but he also needs someone on the other side insisting that we look behind it.
Populizm nie zależy wyłącznie od tych, którzy go wykorzystują. Systemy komunikacji same sprzyjają mechanizmom wzmacniającym polaryzację, nieufność i niestabilność polityczną.
