The Post-Partisan Emporium

Belfries Simplicius The systems of our control, we are led to believe, are necessary things. It is a topic I touched on in the recent article  Measures of Control .   We are taught that to question these systems is to undermine the very foundation beneath our feet. Similarly, the ‘leaders’ of our world have shaped the perception of their positions so as to bolster them with an aura of sanctity. In reality, research shows just how superfluous leaders of companies or institutions really are. “Leaders are often thought to be instrumental to the performance of the organizations they lead. However, considerable research suggests that their influence over organizational performance might actually be minimal. These claims of leader irrelevance pose a puzzle: If leaders are relatively insignificant, why would someone commit to leading?” - Source One example amongst several studies showing that the CEO of an organization is mostly a symbolic figurehead and pushes the needle much less t...

  Sutherland, Kalergi, Camus, Replacism and Technocracy Iain Davis In the UK, the so-called far-right‘s stance on immigration is said to be driven by “the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.” According to the influential global think tank the  Institute for Strategic Studies  (ISD): “The Great Replacement” theory was first coined by French writer Renaud Camus. Identitarian movements across Europe (including in Austria, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany) have used the theory to recruit others to their cause, claiming their countries and national “identities” are under threat due to increasing immigrant populations. It is true, in part, that Camus made this argument. Some elements of his philosophy are racist and do offer apparent rationales for religious bigotry. It is also true that Camus has been influential in the rise of the  identitarian movement,  which is perceived as “right-wing.” Identitarianism broadly stands in opposition to  i...