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Index to Orwell blogs
The administrative State? http://clarespark.com/2012/11/15/female-genitals-as-red-flag/ http://clarespark.com/2012/11/13/orwell-superpatriots-and-the-election/...
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“Totalitarianism,” polarization, and single-issue politics
Polarization. Pundits and politicians today often complain about “polarization” as an obstacle to “compromise,” without acknowledging that there may be irreconcilable conflicts that cannot be mediated,...
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Hobsbawm, Israel, the totalitarian idea
http://clarespark.com/2012/11/23/historians-vs-pundits-the-eric-hobsbawm-synthesis/ http://clarespark.com/2012/12/08/hobsbawm-obama-israel/...
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“Totalitarianism”
I started out today thinking about chastising the careless use of the term “tolitarianism” by both Left and Right—who generally accuse their opponents of the T word. It is rather like a Nazi sign or a...
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‘Totalitarianism’ (2)
On April 17, I wrote this popular blog: http://clarespark.com/2014/04/17/totalitarianism/. It was preceded by a related blog that also was popular:...
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Index to blogs on “totalitarianism”
Reflecting on why this word is so popular, while rejected by many serious scholars: Who historically has been deemed to be after total control of the world? Both “the Jews” a.k.a. “the money power”...
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The Anatomy of Fascism: Robert Paxton’s analysis
Columbia University Professor Emeritus Robert Paxton has had a controversial career. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Paxton. Although the Wikipedia profile is accurate in its summation of...
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Origins of free speech and the Cuba question
War Production Board, 1942-43, NARA There is an impression, widely disseminated by supporters of the Obama administration, that renewing “diplomatic relations” and/or freer trade with Cuba (i.e., the...
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Catholics, Marxists, and a sprinkling of neocons
Cardinal Mindszenty sculpture, Wikipedia It has occurred to me that there is a close affinity between the early Marx essays and medieval Catholicism. The notion of “profit” (now called “greed”) was...
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The October 2015 Political Scene in a few words
Credit SodaHead I apologize for the satirical, repulsive picture of Mrs. Clinton, but Hillary is turning into a hag/Medusa/Gorgon because aging women can’t yell as she often does. They are already...
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