Blind Liberalism

Blind Liberalism

The immanent untruth within liberalism, even at its finest, which is to say classical liberalism, was always its idolization of abstractions, beginning with the unassailable primacy—the fundamental rights—of liberty and property. Ideologies may single out aspects of life to valorize them, but life is ever dependent upon relationships, most of which we simply do not…

Klaus Schwab’s Anti-Utopia

Klaus Schwab’s Anti-Utopia

The ideas proposed by the Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, in his book The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) have already been criticized quite a lot for a variety of reasons. Yet for some people who do not identify themselves as supporters of globalization, they seem quite appealing. After all, Schwab argues that digital innovation…

Russia: On the Front Lines of the Great Anti-Liberal War

Russia: On the Front Lines of the Great Anti-Liberal War

Russia’s ’special operation’ in Ukraine could be considered the first of many battles to keep the crass ideology of the West far from Russian borders. After taking major steps to align itself with the institutions of Western philosophy and thinking, Russia is now giving the West a serious rethink as it struggles to defend the…