Desire and Fate

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Desire and Fate

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Jul 08, 2024
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Historically, hope and anger have been the wellsprings of revolutionary politics. No longer. Today it is fear that is the dominant emotion among so many of the insurrectionary young in the West. It makes sense: if you are convinced that you are doomed, there is no room even for insurrectionary politics in the traditional sense. Instead, they are raging …

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