A mídia recusa-se a noticiar o que é evidente aos olhos de seus espectadores, e intelectuais argumentam que “saques e protestos violentos são vivenciados como eventos alegres e libertadores” No verão passado, quando fiz uma viagem de carro com minha esposa pelos...
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1968: The birth of the new conformism
From the standpoint of history, 1968 represents a brief interregnum. It did mark the end of the apathetic era of the 1950s. But it also foreshadowed the era of depoliticised conformism that kicked in in the early 1970s. To understand the meaning of 1968, one has to...
A revolt against deference
When political commentators talk of the emergence of a post-truth world, they are really lamenting the end of an era when the truths promoted by the institutions of the state and media were rarely challenged. It’s a lament that’s been coming for a few years now. Each...
Nincs szükség egy európai transznacionális birodalomra
Az EU-párti technokraták és értelmiségiek gyakran úgy tekintenek az évszázadok során kialakult európai hagyományokra és értékekre, hogy azok a 21. században egyrészt idejétmúltak, másrészt hogy több szempontból is problematikusak és hibásak – nyilatkozta az Origónak...