EUROPEAN STABILITY
During the financial crisis there were some warring sides of social anger and discontent, of unhappiness among peo ple, but this unhappiness or this alarmist mood in society was never translat ed into any major protests. In reality, there’s still very little interest in Western society directed towards overthrowing the existing system. |
23 марта 2011
MOBILIZING WHITE PEOPLE
There is a sort of default position in American political cul ture, that is there’s always been a strong strain of populism in American history – and populism is exactly that: the suspicion of the elites. This populist strain never goes away. And it has become more prominent in the recent years because it can lend itself equally to the left or the right. |
23 марта 2011
POLITICS HAS STOPPED BEING DEMOCRATIC
Over the past 35 years, the dominant economic model has not just exacerbated asset and income inequality but has also put pressure on the real wages of both the middle and the working classes – making them dependent either on state welfare or on credit lines. A consensus centered on both social and economic liberalism has sidelined and dissolved organic cultures governed by social bonds based on reciprocity and solidarity. |
23 марта 2011
