Robert Schwierkus

Ein neuer Beitrag und erster Teil einer dreiteiligen Serie. Zunächst geht es um einige grundlegende Gedanken zum Thema Imperien und deren Bedeutung für die europäische Gegenwart. Imperien kehren zurück - und Europa muss Farbe bekennen telepolis.de/article/Imperi…

Criticism of Ukraine is largely taboo in Berlin. The government doesn't even condemn the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines. Chancellor Merz's foreign policy is becoming increasingly enigmatic. The German Federal Prosecutor General is convinced that Ukrainian forces attacked the German-Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline and blew up three of the four pipes in the Baltic Sea. That this is a case of Ukrainian state terrorism against an element of German energy supply that was central until the war in Ukraine is now beyond question. President Zelensky was not declared public enemy number one. On the contrary, he continues to be courted in Berlin. It is irrelevant whether Zelenskyy knew about and approved of the attack plans. Like Trump, he bears responsibility for his country's intelligence agencies and special forces, even if they acted independently. The German government and – even more surprisingly – the German media remain silent. The Ukrainians are seen as the good guys, and good guys can't do anything wrong. The moralizing approach in German foreign policy leaves little room for nuance. This black-and-white thinking also leads to serious problems in Ukraine, such as endemic corruption, being addressed only tentatively.

All very well, but you really dont gauge Adorno's presence in German public life unless you take account of radio. People may have been scared to cite him, but he had many channels. Highly recommend this excellent book:

@MattPolProf I see. Maybe have a look at him. I think his work is worthwhile.

@RDisarray Unfortunately not; solidarisme comes up a few times

Thanks

@ChrisKW14 Dazu fällt mir tatsächlich nur "Lol" ein.

Wie verkaufe ich meine Kapitulation? Am besten gleichlautend.

@pw_portal Eine wichtige und überfällige Intervention.

Zu viel „klare Haltung“ & militaristische Verengung statt Differenzierung & Zweifel: Klaus Schlichte kritisiert das Auftreten der deutschen IB & macht dafür auch Veränderungen in den Sozialwissenschaften selbst verantwortlich. #powiundkrieg #blogsymposium pw-portal.de/das-fach-polit…

Es gibt tatsächlich Lichtblicke in der deutschen Politikwissenschaft. Herrn Schlichte habe ich schon im Studium als sehr differenziert denkenden Autor, damals zum Phänomen des Staates, wahrgenommen. Eine wichtige und überfällige Intervention.

Die historische Illiteralität, die aus derartigen Aussagen rauszulesen ist, erstaunt immer wieder aufs Neue - auch wenn das bei der Urheberin eigtl nicht mehr der Fall sein sollte. Wie kann ein Mensch in dem Alter sich nur so naiv in schlichtem Ingroup-Outgroup-Denken verlieren?

@ChrisKW14 Stimmt.

@RDisarray Jein, siehe Katja Wolf.

„Sie trete in die SPD ein, teilte Dango mit. "Ich möchte mich dort einbringen, wo politische Arbeit auf Stabilität, Verantwortung und Vertrauen aufbaut." Für sie stehe die SPD für diese Verlässlichkeit, "gerade auch hier in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern". In der aktuellen Situation halte sie es für wichtig, die demokratische Mitte zu stärken und Menschen wieder stärker für politische Prozesse zu gewinnen.“ Eine erfreuliche Nachricht, weil: Spreu und Weizen und so…🙂

@CT9397 Alrighty. 🫠

@RDisarray Well, he has been right about Russia and Putin every step of the way from the very beginning so yeah it must be.

This has got to be one of the most absurd books I ever came across when it comes to international politics after the First Cold War. And I came across some of them. It's core thesis apparently resembles the nonsense Marco Rubio tried to sell the world at the recent MSC.

@CT9397 @chibuikeobi19 x.com/i/status/20508…

@RDisarray @chibuikeobi19 Too naive and benevolent with respect to Putin's Russia, especially after 2008.

@chibuikeobi19 Nigerian Parenti or Anderson?

@chibuikeobi19 Thank you for taking the time to respond that explicitly. Actually I didn't expect a situation like that in a country like Nigeria. Isn't it due to be a dominant force within Africa? Honestly? Your general knowledge appears impressive to me. Why not try yourself to become a

@MattPolProf @Sven_Beckert I gotta say: You're hands down one of the wittiest and most fun to read authors on the Left that I know. I'm surely going to take a look at your theory of liberal socialism. What would be interesting to me: Are you familiar with Geoffrey Hodgson's theory of liberal solidarity?

My review of "Capitalism: A Global History" by @Sven_Beckert. Epic work marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/the-long-…

Here is my new piece on the future of the world order, and how the most distinctive feature of 21st century international relations is that, unlike the last two centuries, it is not organized around ideology theideasletter.org/essay/power-wi…

@chibuikeobi19 I see. A situation which also doesn't sound easy to overcome. How are Nigerians conceiving of the way Ibrahim Traoré is acting toward the West?

@RDisarray as the ideal to which Nigerians and their rulers must follow. So their entire activism and opposition is predicated on unfavourably contrasting corrupt Nigerian rulers to principled Western rulers. That's why asking them to change their beliefs causes such psychic pain.

I come off as a prick in this exchange, because I'm sick and tired of grifters like Henrik, who is trying to make extra money - in addition to his publicly financed diet - by selling people ahistorical nonsense. Btw, I'm quoting you because he blocked me for calling him out.

@chibuikeobi19 This is another and equally fascinating phenomenon. Have most of those people been educated in the West, or does your domestic academy also produce such pro-Western attitudes?

@RDisarray My experience too. In Nigeria, the people least willing to change their worldview about the West are the educated ones who have always looked up to the West. . One can almost see their psychic pain as they stubbornly reject the only logical interpretation of current events.