In the 1990s Frederic Jameson referred to postmodernism as the "cultural logic of late capitalism".
Now I think it may be more than a cultural phenomenon and the "logic" we are experiencing is "reductio ad absurdum capitalism"

(plan to look at this in my next book)

#capitalism #postmodernity

Ms Lepore has stolen my heart with this piece

'In 2016, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, read James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention ... “We’re planning a way to allow wide swaths of the world to elect representatives to a new governance board,” Mr. Altman told The New Yorker. “Because if I weren’t in on this I’d be, like, ‘Why do these fuckers get to decide what happens to me?’” ... No such world-governance board was ever established. There has been no A.I. constitutional convention. These, er, fellows, are still deciding what happens to the rest of us'

#ai #onTheTake #theseAssholes #technology #postModernity

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/opinion/altman-ai-constiutional-convention.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.ZSHK.L_tLKxLgBkRd&smid=url-share

One thing "What we do in the Shadows" made me realize, is that on a cultural level Fisher was right with his assertion of the endless postmodern present (well at least up until now) and that the upper strata of the bourgeoisie is in a kind of sameness through repetition. Just an endless row of sensless affective comodification of an emulation of the social.

#WhatWeDointheShadows #markfisher #vampire #vampires #postmodernity #horror

I think we are now so thoroughly post-modern that we don't even recognise it as being post-modern.

#modernity #postmodernity

"You've heard of Project 2025, but there's another framework that may be even more important for understanding the current assault on Western democracies. "Project Russia" is a series of books published between 2005 and 2010, and it outlines a strategic vision for total war on the West, against democracies, and against the US dollar and other fiat currencies.

Nearly unknown to Western analysts, the concepts described in Project Russia increasingly reflect the events we see playing out on a daily basis: a war over competing worldviews with capture of media, the use of podcasts and other alternative media to challenge the mainstream press, and the emergence of a new class of unelected 'elite' demagogues who seem to be taking control of global affairs. This episode analyzes the four original Project Russia books and offers 'deep dives' into specific areas of the texts."—@davetroy

Project Russia from Dave Troy >

https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/

#ProjectRussia #WorldOrder #conservatism #authority #nationalism #religion #orthodoxy #geopolitics #monarchy #ideology #antichrist #apocalypse #conspiracy, #collapse #future #prediction #West #elites #manipulation #control #change #modernity #postmodernity #capitalism #consumerism #society #state #power #history