Archive for the 'totalitarianism'

• Intellectuals and their Romance with Political Barbarism

July 4th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, arab world, authoritarian, barbaric, caliph, Charles Cameron, Communism, comparative, cultural intelligence, culture, dictator, dystopia, egypt, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Liberalism, Mahdist, meme, mideast, Musings, narrative, nazis, neoconservatism, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, power, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, question, radicalization, revolution, society, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, sunni, synthesis, Tactics, Taliban, theory, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 21 comments

• For the Fourth of July: The Once and Future Republic?

July 4th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, America, analytic, computers, Creepy-state, Cyberwar, democracy, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, government, IC, internet, legal, legitimacy, national security, politics, Republic, security, society, state failure, totalitarianism | 25 comments

• Immigration Bill to treat American Citizens as Conquered Subjects

May 13th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, Creepy-state, dictator, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, government, internet, Oligarchy, state failure, tech, threat, totalitarianism | 39 comments

• On Eric Hobsbawm

October 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, blog-friends, britain, cold war, Communism, dystopia, fisking, genocide, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, intellectuals, politics, revolution, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, totalitarianism | 3 comments

• A House of Horrors for Autistic Children but Cash for Democratic Pols

June 4th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, Creepy-state, democratic party, dystopia, education, extremists, Failed State, government, international law, justice, newshoggers, organizations, state terrorism, torture, totalitarianism | 3 comments