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Amazing, .....like du Nouy's Human Destiny...history is never over.....thank you

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It's interesting how the discussion of short-termism, machiavellianism, and tacitcal effectiveness while discussing Russia/Putin, evokes what is colloquially said of psychopathy:

It's often said, colloquially: something about the modern transactional society makes well functioning psychopaths readily rise to the top........and then there's the more formal statement: "Psychopathy is a group of personality traits that are associated with violations of social norms......In contrast, secondary psychopathy is associated with impulsivity and lack of long-term goals, and is related to hostile behavior."

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Great interesting read.

Particularly liked “ history is one of the names that generative social praxis fed by collective political action has given to itself.”

……. or substitute for “history”, “climate change”

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