Marc Halevy on Continentalization
Contextual Quote
"Continentalization is therefore inevitable (Euroland, Angloland, Latinoland, Afroland, Islamiland, Russoland, Indoland and Sinoland). Angloland, Russoland and Sinoland have already taken a big step forward; if the European Union does not federalize very quickly to finally become Euroland, it will become the doormat of the three leaders in the continentalization race."
Source
Excerpts translated by DeepL (first 5k characters, of: Prospective : synthèse 2022
URL = https://www.noetique.eu/billets/2020/prospective-synthese-2022
Discussion
Marc Halevy:
"It seems that the coronavirus with its multiple mutative disguises, has perfectly demonstrated the obsolescence of the paradigm of Modernity. It has called into question all the institutions: democratic, governmental, administrative, partisan, union, pharmacological, hospital and, especially, medical. This pandemic was useful because it induced an irreversible shift from the old paradigm to the new one based on frugality, reticularity, continentality, utility and spirituality.
The Economist's prospective study reveals ten ruptures that simply repeat the ten collapses of the modern paradigm (known and described for 30 years in my publications) and the ten manifestations of chaotization that respond to them (idem).
What are these "ten"?
- Collapse of the democratic principle and illiberal chaos.
- Collapse of medical institutions and pandemic chaos.
- Collapse of world finance and inflationary chaos.
- Collapse of the wage principle and telecommuting chaos.
- Mechanical collapse and digital chaos.
- Collapse of central banks and chaos of crypto-currencies.
- Collapse of the biosphere and bioclimatic chaos.
- Collapse of long distance travel and aeronautical chaos.
- Collapse of space peace and space tourism chaos.
- Collapse of sportsmanship and media-political-financial chaos.
The last two points are anecdotal. The first eight, however, correspond well to the picture of the "state of the world" today (known for a long time), but say nothing about the construction of the future.
The fundamental sequence: "Collapse - Chaos - Emergence" stops there in the middle of the ford.
As expressed above, all the institutions set up by the modern paradigm (for recall: democratic, governmental, administrative, partisan, trade-union, sanitary, energetic, technological, security, humanitarian, media, university, academic, etc...) have become totally incapable of assuring their mission at the scale of the Nation-State. The latter has lost all sovereignty due to the simple fact that the globalization of problems has induced a host of major interdependencies making the very notion of sovereignty obsolete. One cannot be sovereign (master of one's own country) and interdependent (dependent on others for everything) at the same time.
Continentalization is therefore inevitable (Euroland, Angloland, Latinoland, Afroland, Islamiland, Russoland, Indoland and Sinoland). Angloland, Russoland and Sinoland have already taken a big step forward; if the European Union does not federalize very quickly to finally become Euroland, it will become the doormat of the three leaders in the continentalization race.
One of the dimensions of this indispensable continentalization is the digital networks (more by the noetic networks than by the social media). Each continent must master its own Web, its own algorithms, its own standards, its own rules: the United States, followed by China, have understood this perfectly well. Once again, the European Union is very late.
As always in chaotic times, thugs take advantage of this to place their pawns and distill their venom; this is the case with Islamism, Wokism, racialism, indigenism, decolonialism, genrism, eco-leftism, black-bloquism, ultra-feminism, gilet-jaunism, and I'll go on.
And behind all these nauseating movements, the tactics of ostracization (cancel culture), arbitrary censorship and intellectual terrorism (which moribund institutions in disarray ride on to give themselves the illusion that they still exist...) flourish, without any serious response.
We are in the middle of cultural and intellectual chaotic; the principles of truth (notably historical and scientific) and freedom (of thought, expression, image and speech) are cheerfully trampled upon."
(https://www.noetique.eu/billets/2020/prospective-synthese-2022)