(3) According to J. M. Hobson (Eurocentric Conception, 2012), a recurring tripartite pattern in terms of cultural maturity and political competence can be observed in a vast majority of schools in the 19th century (Fig. 1).
(4) The above meta-scheme is an ideal-typical simplification. But still capable of consolidating a wide range of political ideas from the 19th and even the 20th century under a common structure (Fig. 2).
(8) Within Hobson’s meta-scheme we are dealing with the binary code (“pioneering agency” / “backward agency”), whereby the “pioneering agency” is actually what the West has been standing for …
(9) Accordingly, the meta-schema (Fig. 1) is extended by a "regressive re-entry". To this, we add some other updates in order to better reflect the current historical situation, and obtain our MATRIX (Fig. 5).
(12) 1.1s IMPERIAL PRELUDE (I/II)
You certainly came across articles on the #UkraineRussianWar where a significant portion consists of platitudes around a hidden US agenda.
(14) 1.2s DOWNGRADING WHATABOUTISM (I/II)
Where debates are pursued along hierarchical schemes, whataboutisms often aim at flattening the hierarchy. In the case below, the aim is to make the USA appear closer to the position of the "despotic sovereignty".
(15) 1.2s DOWNGRADING WHATABOUTISM (II/II)
A very nice peace has been recently delivered by Reinhard #Merkel in the known left-wing #German paper Tageszeitung (#taz, @tazgezwitscher).
(18) 2.3s EQUI-DISTANCE (s) (III/III)
A more subtle example has been delivered by #Germany’s 79-year old top-feminist Alice #Schwarzer in the tier 3 magazine Kölner Stadtanzeiger (@kstade)
(19) 4.1s UKRAINIAN SAVAGERY (I/IV)
Ukrainian savagery refers stereotypical remarks and quotes or biased argumentation lines aiming to position #Ukraine at the bottom of the MATRIX (“anarchic savagery”, failed state).
(21) 4.1s UKRAINIAN SAVAGERY (III/IV)
Next we consider an article from 2014 by German star historian Jörg #Baberowski published in the tier 1 paper Die Zeit (@DIEZEIT).
(22) 4.1s UKRAINIAN SAVAGERY (IV/IV)
Next we conclude with a sad piece from 2014 by ex-chancellor Helmut #Schmidt, again published in Die Zeit (@DIEZEIT).
Interesting article in the German paper @DIEZEIT about what politicians of the Berlin Senate really think about Ukraine - to the satisfaction of the MATRIX: corruption, failure, danger of another despotism.
♦️Abseits von Nahostkonflikt, muslimischen Antisemitismus und Islamismus: Gewalt im Lichte der linksakademischen Sonnenbrand-Theorie 🧵/1
Das Scheitern einer konzeptionellen Durchleuchtung an westlichen, und insbesondere deutschen Bildungsstätten hat ...
#israel #gaza #hamas
♦️Sonnenbrand-Theorie 🧵/2
... viele Gründe. Der vll. wichtigste ist die Tendenz, sich in grossen Theorien mit schwammig ausgearbeitetem Begriffsapparat zu verausgaben, bevor historisches Detailwissen angereicht & logisches Folgern antrainiert wurde.
#israel #gaza #hamas
♦️Sonnenbrand-Theorie 🧵/3
Ein weiterer ist die aus linken 'materialistischen' Strömungen des 19. Jh. herübergeschwappte Sonnenbrand-Theorie gesellschaftlicher Gewaltaffinität.
Die Theorie geht in etwa so: ...
#israel #gaza #hamas
♦️«Siedlungskolonialismus» und «indigene Bevölkerung» in Negev-Israel
Die These eines aggressiven Siedlungskolonialismus ist insbesondere für den flächenmässig grössten Südteil des heutigen Staatsgebildes höchst problematisch: 🧵1/8
#gaza #hamas #palestine #colonialism
♦️«Indigene Bevölkerung» in Negev-Israel 🧵2/8
Weit über 50% der Fläche Israels sind Wüste oder Steppe, die mit Methoden des 19. & frühen 20 Jh. nur schwer besiedelbar waren. Der Lebensstil in dieser Region war bis ins 20. Jh. von (halb-)nomadischen Beduinen & Pastoralen geprägt
♦️«Indigene Bevölkerung» in Negev-Israel 🧵3/8
In der Zeit der Osmanen setzte aufgrund verschiedener sozioökonomischer Faktoren und Zwänge (z.B. Ottomanisches Landgesetz 1858) ein Prozess der Sesshaftwerung unter den Beduinen ein.
♦️Pali-Genosse & Putin-Troll: Gleiche Narrative bei unterschiedlichen Konflikten
🧵1/5. Trotz aller Unterschiedlichkeit von Ukraine- und Gaza-Krieg werden beide Konflikte über weite Strecken durch ähnliche Motive geframed - kleine Analyse.
#israel #hamas #gaza #russland
♦️Pali-Genosse & Putin-Troll: Gleiche Narrative bei unterschiedlichen Konflikten
♦️🧵6 MONTHS AFTER NUCLEAR PHASE-OUT: EVIDENCE WHOLESALE PRICE RELATIONS FOR GERMAN POWER RATHER IMPROVED 1/8
In April 2023 the last nuclear power plants were turned off in Germany, and a generational dream of Germany’s anti-nuclear movement became true.
#atomkraft #atomausstieg
♦️🧵GERMAN POWER PRICES RATHER IMPROVED 2/8
One problem is that prices are overruled by inflation, the current energy crises, and natural gas geopolitics.
#energiewende #stromimporte
♦️🧵GERMAN POWER PRICES RATHER IMPROVED 3/8
The illustration below provides an idea of how prices move together across bidding zones (yearly average day ahead prices).
#energiewende #stromimporte
… that shaped the identity of a whole post-war generation, in part, but not as a whole, addicted to Rousseau-style romantism.
#energiewende #kernkraft #stromimport #deindustrialisierung
♦️GERMAN ANGST OF THE DUNKELFAUTE 3/10
The DUNKELFLAUTE-narrative is supported by semi-scientific calculations, which typically run a follows:
#energiewende #maischberger