Excerpt: /391/ Aufhebonus Bonus - Feb 2024

On our '1914 vibes'. And your questions & comments. 
 
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We discuss the parallels between our age (the end of globalisation, the threat of war) with the end of the Belle Epoque in the early 20th century. What might Lenin have to teach us? 
 


We then turn to your questions and comments on:


Palestinians as surplus population


Peripheral countries as 'imitators'


Whether Brexit has led to greater political accountability


Why Ridley Scott sucks


Why contemporary art sucks


Bonapartism and techno-populism


Romanticising dead workers - and old social-democrats


Esoteric knowledge about how the world *really* works



Readings:


Lenin's Lesson for Western Liberals, Philip Cunliffe, UnHerd


Why the Tories Are Blowing Brexit, George Hoare, The Northern Star