Politics

How the Words of Demagogues Seize Power

19.12.2024

Several people have asked me in recent days, “As a philosopher, how do you explain Donald Trump’s electoral victory in the US presidential election on November 5, 2024?” I had just read Philippe-Joseph Salazar’s book, Contre la rhétorique. Comment les mots des démagogues prennent le pouvoir [Against Rhetoric], and I had prepared a review. As philosophical eternity meets political actuality from time to time, it seemed to me that I could contribute to the philosophical understanding of the present time, if I hurried to finish and publish an extended review of this book, which is presented here.

Trump: Bringer of Peace

06.10.2024

Alexander Dugin contends that Donald Trump’s rhetoric is reshaping the American political landscape by addressing the growing discontent with the Democrats’ destructive war-driven foreign policy, while Kamala Harris, lacking both vision and charisma, struggles to connect with an increasingly disillusioned electorate.

Lacan and Psychedelic Trumpism

11.09.2024

Alexander Dugin applies Lacan’s three orders to US politics, arguing that while Kamala Harris and the Democrats seek to dismantle traditional structures, “psychedelic Trumpism,” influenced by figures like Curtis Yarvin, Peter Thiel, and J. D. Vance, alongside the Alt-Right, counters from the right, with a warning that a Harris victory could spell the end of humanity.

A glimpse into the near future

22.05.2024

In just a few months, the future of years of the so-called “collective West” and thus, inevitably, of the entire world will be decided. Making predictions about the future is not easy and often one is resoundingly proved wrong by events, but I nevertheless tried to do so with Paul Craig Roberts, whom many readers will remember for his sharp and in-depth knowledge of American politics.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin answered questions from Dmitry Kiselev

Russian President Vladimir Putin answered questions from Dmitry Kiselev
14.03.2024

Mr President, when delivering your Address [to the Federal Assembly], you were figuratively pulling trillion by trillion out of your sleeve. As a matter of fact, you proposed an absolutely astonishing plan of the country’s development, truly astonishing. That will be a different Russia, with a completely new infrastructure and social system – nothing short of a dreamland.