tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post1764031162592727578..comments2023-10-05T13:50:23.844+03:00Comments on Politeia: COP15: the Vortex of Global SocialismKassandra Troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post-69188748292714447202009-12-13T22:19:46.547+02:002009-12-13T22:19:46.547+02:00Kevin in Cornwall, thanks so much for the comment....Kevin in Cornwall, thanks so much for the comment. You have fallen for a centuries old bait and switch trick, namely that the isms stem from Enlightenment thought. The contrary is the case. It's a recurring theme in my blogs as I'm a keen critic of the anti modern movement. I think the most comprehensive explanation is in this post: http://newcitizenship.blogspot.com/2008/03/anti-modernism-of-counter-enlightenment.html<br />Later on the same technique was used in making the political left and right opposing forces. They are not. On some levels they are brothers, rooted in the same anti modern movement: collectivism is its purpose and it is opposed by liberty (or individual rights). <br />Don't hesitate to send feedback. Today we are the witness of an age old battle being fought over the nature of thought itself.<br />Thanks.Kassandra Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post-33955259508142015492009-12-13T19:44:19.975+02:002009-12-13T19:44:19.975+02:00Cop15:vortex of Global Socialism
Perhaps we shoul...Cop15:vortex of Global Socialism<br /><br />Perhaps we should be careful crediting the current 'Environmentalism' with epithets of eco-'socialisl' 'marxism' 'communism' or 'fascism'. It seems that whilst the means are similar and the ends are anathema to an Open Society, the 21c Environmentalist movement is a different paradigm. For all their evil, the other 'isms' had at their core a Platonist ideal society (no matter how perverse), and derived their mode of thinking from 18c enlightenment as much as the American Revolution.<br /><br />The paradigm of 21c Environmentalism seems not to be humanistic, with 'saving the palnet' as an end irrespective of the harm to their fellow humans. There is also a religous and belief base that is in antitheesis to rationalism.kevinincornwallnoreply@blogger.com