#postmodernism: Changing the story doesn't change the world.
#geekproblem: Writing the code doesn't build the community.
#lifecult: Believing in something doesn't make it live.
#OMN: Social processes make things real. Everything else is scaffolding.
#postmodernism: Changing the story doesn't change the world.
#geekproblem: Writing the code doesn't build the community.
#lifecult: Believing in something doesn't make it live.
#OMN: Social processes make things real. Everything else is scaffolding.
The End of the “Peace Dividend” and the Return of History
#Identitypolitics, is what happens when liberalism turns inward and fragments - call it mad liberalism. #Culturewar is what happens when that same liberalism hardens and lashes out - bad liberalism. Both look like opposites, but they come from the same place. The uncomfortable part is both were pushed onto the "left" as the way to fight #neoliberalism the very system that’s been tearing apart the social fabric for decades. Instead of building collective power, we pushed endless identity […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-end-of-the-peace-dividend-and-the-return-of-history/
Australian Post-Punk Outfit Life Cult Debuts Tender and Introspective Track “Life is Love”
The #mainstreaming is talking about the #deathcult – So why are you still waiting?
It took four decades of sleepwalking through #neoliberalism, cultural decay, ecological collapse, and social atomisation, but at last, the #mainstreaming is starting to talk about the #deathcult we’ve been worshipping.
Case in point: Steve Coogan – yes, Alan Partridge – is now publicly accusing Keir Starmer and Labour of “paving the way for Reform UK,” the rising hard-right threat. Here’s the article. It’s not satire, it’s despair. Coogan’s right, and a few years ago, such a […]
The story: power, truth, and walking the fun path
Our powerlessness feeds our desire to hate. This is not a personal failing - it’s a social design flaw. A social problem built on alienation and distraction that funnels frustration into polarisation. That’s why the controversy-driven algorithms of the #dotcons (corporate social media platforms) are not just annoying, but actively harmful. They feed on our despair, and we, often unknowingly, feed on the drama they serve back to us. It’s a closed loop of spectacle and spite, profitable […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-story-power-truth-and-walking-the-fun-path/