“In premodern
societies, he argues, vengeance and blood feuds provided ample outlet for these
impulses. Later, loyalty to the nation-state performed a similar function, and
international Communism managed to direct class rage into utopian projects. But
modern capitalism presents a particular problem. “Ever more irritated and
isolated individuals find themselves surrounded by impossible offers,” he
writes, and, out of this frustrated desire, “an impulse to hate everything
emerges.”
The Collapse of Venezuela
Guns and Opioids Are American Scourges Fueled by
Availability by SAM QUINONES
“The United States is in the midst of at least two
plagues with much in common.
One is gun-fueled mass murder; the other is addiction
to opioids — pain pills, heroin, fentanyl.
Both are uniquely American afflictions, killing in
alarming numbers. Both are revved in part by commercial interests and in part
by the collapse of community in American culture. Both persist because of the
erroneous belief that there’s an easy answer to these complicated problems.
Above all, both are about supply”.
Above all, both are about supply”.
Russia and the
West
In the battle for a deeply divided Britain,
universities are now the front line