what does this say about the status of the cathedral as supreme sovereign instance, though?
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Replying to @adornofthagn @Outsideness
can't help but buy into Greer's view that the Cathedral is the new French aristocracy: couldn't fall until it did
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Replying to @cyborg_nomade @Outsideness
This view has going for it that, once again, one can tell that what replaces the aristocracy won't exactly
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be pleasant, but I still find it too optimistic, as it suggests that what happens with Trump
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and similar developments in Europe and East Asia is a genuine, substantial, lasting change of sovereignty
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and not a mere shift from cozy, inclusive fascism to a more classical variant without the need for restructuring
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the established institutions - a shift that is always possible in democratic fascims,
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and, crucially, always reversible. Once the cathedralic dissolution of sovereignty is brought under control,
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the cycle can begin anew. I expect a lot of people to feel a little bit guilty, and very proud of that guilt.
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Replying to @adornofthagn @cyborg_nomade
The Academia -> Media -> Electorate -> Government power pipeline looks broken beyond repair to me. ...
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... Otherwise I'd have been far more cautious about what has just happened. The Internet won.
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