One of the better critiques I've read of Desmet, RAM. Less one sided than the Breggins and less agreeable than Malone/McCulloch and more rounded in those musings of psychological scenarios. I have advocated to friends that his analysis is a valuable contribution in the debate among the intellectuals, worthy of wide critique that we may advance our comprehension of these weird times. The problem of raising the power of the elites (today, as much as across history) is not lost, I find, among regular, working people (unlike the middle classes you identify as not 'formed' but consciously compliant) who in many cases retain their street savvy and suspicion of 'their betters' despite having been 'jabbed' usually only because they were mandated to do so. The 'mass formation' whether decided individually or collectively by people who may be described as 'covidians' arises not merely through Desmet's four principles but through their class interests. Those who became adherents and who continue to be such are clearly now identified by their fealty to the cause, as you note more recently in your post regarding Phelps and partner. The adherence to the massed ideology is getting weaker as the failures of the global corporatist agenda become more obvious. Unfortunately, I am witnessing more and more people on the edge, as it were, indicating contrarily that their agenda in fact, is succeeding. Desmet's point about anxiety as a driver of the ideology continues to resonate but what can be done to free humanity from the vast emptiness of materialism which lies at its base, other than advocacy for a deeper comprehension of our imaginative and intuitive capacities?
An interesting and fair critique. Thanks
One of the better critiques I've read of Desmet, RAM. Less one sided than the Breggins and less agreeable than Malone/McCulloch and more rounded in those musings of psychological scenarios. I have advocated to friends that his analysis is a valuable contribution in the debate among the intellectuals, worthy of wide critique that we may advance our comprehension of these weird times. The problem of raising the power of the elites (today, as much as across history) is not lost, I find, among regular, working people (unlike the middle classes you identify as not 'formed' but consciously compliant) who in many cases retain their street savvy and suspicion of 'their betters' despite having been 'jabbed' usually only because they were mandated to do so. The 'mass formation' whether decided individually or collectively by people who may be described as 'covidians' arises not merely through Desmet's four principles but through their class interests. Those who became adherents and who continue to be such are clearly now identified by their fealty to the cause, as you note more recently in your post regarding Phelps and partner. The adherence to the massed ideology is getting weaker as the failures of the global corporatist agenda become more obvious. Unfortunately, I am witnessing more and more people on the edge, as it were, indicating contrarily that their agenda in fact, is succeeding. Desmet's point about anxiety as a driver of the ideology continues to resonate but what can be done to free humanity from the vast emptiness of materialism which lies at its base, other than advocacy for a deeper comprehension of our imaginative and intuitive capacities?
I think you are right, as has the french intellectual "sui generis" Alain soral has been over the last 20 years.
many thanks Christophe. I’ll need check out Alain Soral