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Monthly Archive: February 2015

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White Devils

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It’s common sense that white men are the greatest source of evil in the world today. The only way to expunge this evil is to join in the chorus proclaiming the race-guilt of the white man for the evils of slavery, capitalism, science, and technology. To the extent that white men enjoy a high station in this world is the extent to which the world itself must be brought to justice. Any house you see that has a proud white man deserves to be struck down. Whether it’s a home or a corporate office doesn’t matter. If it is headed by […]

Monday

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February 2015

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Ascending the Tower – Episode 2 Part I: Modernity is virtual reality

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http://socialmatter.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ATT_Episode_II_Pt_1.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week, we’re joined by AntiDem for a discussion on modernity for part 1 of Episode 2 of Ascending the Tower. Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com   Related show links:  Opening Song –  https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/988193/classical-majestic-symphonic-choirs-theme-soundtrack-017 Closing Song – : https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/558286/deepecho

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The Clash of Civilizations in 2015: The West, Russia and Islam

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In 1992, the late conservative political scientist Samuel P. Huntington delivered a lecture on the developing ‘clash of civilizations,’ his vision of a post-Cold War world order characterized by large-scale cultural conflict in place of the previous global ideological conflicts between the various political “-isms” produced by Western modernity — capitalism, communism and fascism. Developing his thoughts into a book in 1996, Huntington provided the following breakdown of world civilizations: Huntington himself offered some explanations for why civilizations clash in the typically modern, Harvard style of over-explaining fairly banal concepts, i.e. civilization is profoundly felt, profound differences cause conflict, etc. — […]