Will our world get through the current wave of far-right reactionary politics and arrive at a better future?
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wendy boucek for Kamalareplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
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@evan Qualified yes. Human civilisation is unlikely to end in the next few decades (though there are existential risks). Not sure we're passing through a period of "far-right" politics at the moment though: "far-right" isn't a well-defined term.
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Sebastien Provencherreplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan if you believe in the thesis behind Hegel's dialectics (like me), you have to be strong yes.
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Florent Vilmartreplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan strong yes, but that doesn’t mean the « through » period will be either short or painless
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Florent Vilmart last edited by
@flovilmart buckle up
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smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)replied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@evan we have a ferocious system of survival-of-the-fittest #Hypercapitalism. "Winning conditions" depend on the extent to ignore externalities and preparedness to be ruthless and abuse power, bend the rules.
Under that system our planets decline is certain and "better future" may be there, but for an ever smaller subset of people. For the rest, increasing oppression and declining freedoms.
An alternative system may ensure better future. But how to get there without WWIII or bloody revolution?
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smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)replied to smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) last edited by
@evan the argument relates to "wave of far-right reactionary politics" in that I consider Hypercapitalism to be a root cause.
Since I am not very hopeful we are able to introduce a viable alternative to Hypercapitalism in a relatively short time period and without multiple momentous events affecting mankind, I think I will vote "qualified no" here.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
I'm heartened by these results. About 2/3 yes, about 1/3 no.
I am a qualified yes; I think we can hold on to universal human rights and the democratic process.
But I also think we need real, long-term changes that provide an alternative to right-wing populism.
Reacting election by election, resisting individual reactionary programs, is necessary but not sufficient.
We need something to believe in.
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
I like the framing of waves of democratization; in particular, that we are at the end of a remarkably successful process of democratic expansion on the planet. Our job, I guess, is to hold as much of that progress as possible, and set the conditions for a next wave of democracy.
