2020-05-09

First devastating societal blow in Late-Modernity (5)

Part 3. an unquestionable qualitative difference


By way of introduction let me first observe that, for the first time since the emergence of High-Modernity, Western governments have answered a pandemic by privileging peoples’ lives over the profits of capital. What is it that motivated such a political turning point ?

2020-04-29

First devastating societal blow in Late-Modernity (4)

Part 2.  Timeline of the Chinese answers to the outbreak of ‘Covid-19’


The fact that the COVID-19 epidemic broke out in Wuhan does not imply that the virus originated in Wuhan. In matter of fact the origin of COVID-19 is still unknown. Calling it “China virus” or “Wuhan virus” is thus dishonest to say the least. It reflects a will, by those who use such terms, to manipulate peoples’ minds and glue in the collective unconscious a narrative that satisfies their ideological interests.

2020-04-23

First devastating societal blow in Late-Modernity (3)

Part 1.  Western propaganda distorts reality 


Late-Modernity, humanity’s present historical era, is being swept by two waves of worldwide changes that impact one another and announce a new historical era in the forming:
  • the Late-Modern governance-world is undergoing a shift of its center of gravity from the West to the East (1)
  • the side-effects of Modernity are increasingly becoming a threat to life on earth