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Posts Tagged: Liberal Imperialism

Deconstructing the liberal concept of power

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8 months ago    |   Tags: power liberalism Liberal Imperialism intellectual imperialism oppressed oppressors   |   Notes: 13

The problem with liberal imperialism is that it assumes we all subscribe to its supposedly universal concept of power conceived as compelling others to do what they otherwise wouldn’t do, whether by means of reward or punishment; in other words, power defined as control and domination. But the oppressed know that real power lies in resisting that domination and refusing to submit to it. Power for 

the oppressed is synonymous with freedom and the ability to act and have mastery over oneself, rather than over others. This explains why imperialists always misconstrue all political action on the part of the oppressed as a pursuit of the liberal conception of power —“regimes” clinging on to “power”, the Lebanese Shiites/Hizbullah making a “power grab” etc. Western liberal political scientists continue to analyse politics through their Euro-American lens and in so doing, fail to grasp political reality. They don’t understand that the more we resist imperialist designs and the more we deny them their “power” over us, the more empowered we are. Our sacrifices and suffering are nothing but affirmations of our power over the Empire. And it is precisely this sense of empowerment that sustains the oppressed’s will to keep resisting despite all the costs. For the oppressed, submission is dis-empowerment even if submission is rewarded with political office. Neither the imperialists nor the colonized seem to grasp this.

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ICG urges West to arm Syrian rebels

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8 months ago    |   Tags: Crisis Group Syria Syrian opposition Liberal Imperialism  

And here’s why I never cite International Crisis Group (ICG) or praise them for their supposedly “balanced” reports as some people who oppose the Syrian opposition do:
“Peter Harling, of the think tank International Crisis Group, said Syria’s opposition, although divided, was more than capable of handling aid. He criticized European and American diplomatic hesitancy as “a tendency to posture, to make statements as opposed to actual policy-making.”
Harling said words without action would have long-term consequences among Syrians: “There’s a huge disconnect which is causing a lot of frustration and will cause ultimately hostility on the part of Syrians who hear a lot of empty statements but see very little happening on the ground.”

Full article here

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Liberal totalitarianism

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10 months ago    |   Tags: Liberal Imperialism liberalism imperialism information warfare intellectual imperialism   |   Notes: 12

 They label non-submissive governments  as “authoritarian” “regimes” or “dictatorships” but none of these political systems are totalitarian in the same way that liberalism is, particularly its American variant. None of these systems demand inner [cognitive and emotional] conformity from their subjects, only outward conformity in their political behaviour. For what could be more totalitarian than a system which also wants to control our “hearts and minds”? A system which seeks to intellectually and psychologically structure our choices in every aspect of our lives; A system which refuses to acknowledge that it is an ideology at all but pronounces itself a meta-ideology or zero-point from where other ideologies are judged to be left or right, religious or secular, democratic or undemocratic; A system which doesn’t even require overt modes of control or censorship to dominate its subjects because it shapes rationality with its subjects’ consent; A system which is so hegemonic, so naturalized that it passes itself off as common sense and hence distorts our perception of reality itself; a system which is so totalitarian and universalized that even those who resist its more violent manifestations remain blind to the fact that their resistance remains confined within its parameters; What system is anywhere near as totalitarian as liberalism? 

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10 months ago    |   Tags: Liberal Imperialism al-akhbar   |   Notes: 5
SO ACCORDING TO MAX BUMENTHAL, I AM ALSO A POO POO HEAD. REAL CLASSY. I POST STUFF LIKE THIS ON MY BLOG NOT ONLY FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES, BUT ALSO TO EXPOSE HOW INTELLECTUALLY, POLITICALLY AND MORALLY BANKRUPT THESE OPPOSITIONISTS ARE TO HAVE TO RESORT TO SUCH IRRATIONAL, FRAT-BOY/PLAYGROUND BULLY DISCOURSE IN RESPONDING TO RESISTANCE CAMP ARGUMENTS. 

SO ACCORDING TO MAX BUMENTHAL, I AM ALSO A POO POO HEAD. REAL CLASSY. I POST STUFF LIKE THIS ON MY BLOG NOT ONLY FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES, BUT ALSO TO EXPOSE HOW INTELLECTUALLY, POLITICALLY AND MORALLY BANKRUPT THESE OPPOSITIONISTS ARE TO HAVE TO RESORT TO SUCH IRRATIONAL, FRAT-BOY/PLAYGROUND BULLY DISCOURSE IN RESPONDING TO RESISTANCE CAMP ARGUMENTS. 

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Being unpopular with liberal imperialists

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11 months ago    |   Tags: Syria Assad Liberation of Palestine liberal imperialism information warfare   |   Notes: 2

So according to the Guardian, my article for al-Akhbar was “widely criticised on Twitter”.

Forget the regular ad hominem attacks by colonized Arab tweeps who support the Syrian pseudo-“revolution” and western liberal hipsters, when you have correspondents, editors and representatives from Newsweek, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, the New York Times, and Human Rights Watch expressing their “disgust” at your refusal to submit to their reality enforcement and at the fact that you dared challenge the consensus reality they have so successfully manufactured, you know you are on the right track. So long as I never find myself standing on the same side of the political divide as these liberal imperialists, I know I am on the side of justice, on the path to al-Quds. As for my Arab “revolutionary” and fence-sitting peers, what can I say? The day will come when events will make you cringe with embarrassment at the stand you assumed today and you will try to brush it under the carpet. And we will indulge you because our unity will always be paramount.

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