When western liberals say "democracy" they mean communism. But also their communism isn't the economic model marx failed at creating, they mean postmodern hegelian utopianism.
Thats where every natural hierarchy has been inverted through social control. The world they want is one where they say the emperor has wonderful clothes and they have the power to kill anyone who disagrees and points out he is obviously naked.
There is some good stuff in postmodernism such as Deleuzian territorialization or Virilio's accident, even Foucault's power analysis is almost entirely correct. Postmodernism is actually old hat though. The world is post-postmodernist as new metanarratives inevitably and simultaneously emerged alongside attempts to reject metanarratives, so no one attempts complete rejection anymore. Mark Fisher is a great example of a post-postmodernist, for lack of a better word.
The Hegelian dilectic is inescapable because attempting to refute or reject it is necessarily engaging in the dialectical process. Marx tried to flip the Hegelian dialectic on its head when he reduced it to profane material conditions, which ended poorly for everyone involved.
When western liberals say "democracy" they mean communism. But also their communism isn't the economic model marx failed at creating, they mean postmodern hegelian utopianism.
Thats where every natural hierarchy has been inverted through social control. The world they want is one where they say the emperor has wonderful clothes and they have the power to kill anyone who disagrees and points out he is obviously naked.
There is some good stuff in postmodernism such as Deleuzian territorialization or Virilio's accident, even Foucault's power analysis is almost entirely correct. Postmodernism is actually old hat though. The world is post-postmodernist as new metanarratives inevitably and simultaneously emerged alongside attempts to reject metanarratives, so no one attempts complete rejection anymore. Mark Fisher is a great example of a post-postmodernist, for lack of a better word.
The Hegelian dilectic is inescapable because attempting to refute or reject it is necessarily engaging in the dialectical process. Marx tried to flip the Hegelian dialectic on its head when he reduced it to profane material conditions, which ended poorly for everyone involved.
You lost me at utopianism.
Maybe he just meant Fabian socialists are in constant pursuit of some kind of utopia.