Bombs can destroy Natanz. They cannot destroy ideas. Sanctions can asphyxiate an economy. They cannot asphyxiate a civilization that has decided to live standing upright.
Nor can western addiction to permanent war futility cope with the reality of a Whole Earth instead of right or left hemispheres there is also Asia rising in order to survive as holistic thinking is required for a planet to outgrow male monotheistic madness based on dominance.
Łobaczewski warns us that once established, pathocracy is very difficult to reform from within, because it naturally selects those who resemble it and excludes those who still possess an ordinary moral conscience. But he also adds a realistic hope: normal societies always end up rejecting this type of power because it is contrary to fundamental human nature. The process may be long and painful, but natural resistance eventually emerges. Closure advances because unempathetic logics have taken hold in our institutions. But it remains fragile because the vast majority of human beings cannot long endure living in a heartless and unfree world. This episode confirms a central insight of James C. Scott: life is always more inventive than administration. When institutions attempt to impose closure through rigid categories, people respond with improvisation. They adapt faster than the system can react. They find openings where the state sees only rules. And in doing so, they reveal the fundamental fragility of institutional closure. The late Soviet Union offers a textbook example of how social life outmaneuvers institutional closure. In 1985, Gorbachev launched a campaign to restrict alcohol sales, believing it would improve productivity and restore social discipline. Instead, ordinary people immediately turned to home‑distillation. Informal networks spread across the country, producing far more alcohol than the state had ever sold officially. The result was paradoxical: consumption barely declined, but state revenues collapsed. The policy weakened the fiscal foundations of the regime and contributed to its broader loss of legitimacy. The episode illustrates a core principle of James C. Scott’s work: administrative simplification cannot suppress human inventiveness. https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/the-silent-drift-of-western-institutions
Thank you for your excellent article Michel, America is controlled by the Israel lobby when it comes to foreign affairs. The Jew have been tossed out of Spain about 500 years ago then Portugal. They were driven out of Russia and Germny. When does America get rid of them ??? Today there more Jews in America then in Israel.
Nor can western addiction to permanent war futility cope with the reality of a Whole Earth instead of right or left hemispheres there is also Asia rising in order to survive as holistic thinking is required for a planet to outgrow male monotheistic madness based on dominance.
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Łobaczewski warns us that once established, pathocracy is very difficult to reform from within, because it naturally selects those who resemble it and excludes those who still possess an ordinary moral conscience. But he also adds a realistic hope: normal societies always end up rejecting this type of power because it is contrary to fundamental human nature. The process may be long and painful, but natural resistance eventually emerges. Closure advances because unempathetic logics have taken hold in our institutions. But it remains fragile because the vast majority of human beings cannot long endure living in a heartless and unfree world. This episode confirms a central insight of James C. Scott: life is always more inventive than administration. When institutions attempt to impose closure through rigid categories, people respond with improvisation. They adapt faster than the system can react. They find openings where the state sees only rules. And in doing so, they reveal the fundamental fragility of institutional closure. The late Soviet Union offers a textbook example of how social life outmaneuvers institutional closure. In 1985, Gorbachev launched a campaign to restrict alcohol sales, believing it would improve productivity and restore social discipline. Instead, ordinary people immediately turned to home‑distillation. Informal networks spread across the country, producing far more alcohol than the state had ever sold officially. The result was paradoxical: consumption barely declined, but state revenues collapsed. The policy weakened the fiscal foundations of the regime and contributed to its broader loss of legitimacy. The episode illustrates a core principle of James C. Scott’s work: administrative simplification cannot suppress human inventiveness. https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/the-silent-drift-of-western-institutions
Thank you for your excellent article Michel, America is controlled by the Israel lobby when it comes to foreign affairs. The Jew have been tossed out of Spain about 500 years ago then Portugal. They were driven out of Russia and Germny. When does America get rid of them ??? Today there more Jews in America then in Israel.