One would have thought that by 2010, self-conscious of the role that bourgeois electoral politic play, self identified 'radical leftists' who having let themselves be caught up in the electoral web, again, by dint of yet another rhetorically gifted charlatan's belting out of siren songs, would return to this self-emasculating practice in 2012, 2016, 2020 and continue still, like a bunch of energizer bunnies, tirelessly hacking at their gonads...
BRICS Plus in the Capitalist World-System The economic alliance seeks a break with Western hegemony, but not with neoliberalism Author: Janine Walter Source: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung A snapshot from the sixteenth BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, 22–24 October 2024, Photo: IMAGO / SNA When the annual BRICS Plus summit was held in Kazan, Russia last October, host Vladimir Putin was clearly in a good mood. Indeed, in terms of foreign policy, the Russian president had done quite well for himself: 40 nations were represented, more than half of them by heads of government or of state; UN General Secretary António Guterres also attended. It was only the previous year that the intergovernmental organization known by the acronym BRICS, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, had expanded. Since then, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have become part of the extended BRICS Plus; meanwhile however, Argentina and Saudi Arabia ...
The psychopaths in power sourcey winter oak by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here ) source: The Psychopaths In Power “Imagine – if you can – not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends or even family members. “Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, hurtful, or immoral action you had taken. “And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. “Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. “Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscious-free is nearly effortless. “You are not held back from any of your ...
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