Monthly Archives: February 2025

 When Symbolic Violence Turns into Symbolic Warfare

The title, The Fountainhead, refers to the source of human progress which, according to Rand, is ego – act on the virtue of rational self-interest. By 2018 Ayn Rand and her novels had become widespread cultural reference points among wealthy … Continue reading

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Trump and the Politics of Neoliberal Distraction

Research, conducted on humans and macaque monkeys, concludes that our ability to focus is designed to work in bursts of attention, rather than uninterruptedly. For instance, while it may seem that you are continuously focusing on reading this article, the … Continue reading

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