Christian Swertz via nettime-l on Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:31:47 +0100 (CET)


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Re: <nettime> Europe and the MAGA mind virus


Hi Brian,

thank you for your substantial post. Really an interesting read. I just did not understand this one:

owever, there was no audience for it and I soon ceased trying
to make that point (shame on me). The reason why is that the internet-happy
anarchists, with all their open-border idealism, just didn't give a damn
about lessons of history. T

As far as I know, there is a difference between the freedom of capital and the freedom of people, there is a difference between competition and solidarity, and there are some lessons about history that are taken into account in anarchist concepts, for example by Wengrow and Graeber, who actually argue for something that could be called open-border idealism. But obviously I missed something. Can you give me a hint?

I only ask because I fear that hopelessness as a result of the analysis might have the opposite effect to what is probably intended.

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Liebe Grüße,

Christian Swertz
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