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Full Idea
Community is only a nostalgic memory of a past condition of belonging that exists no longer. Regret, not a living experience.
Gist of Idea
Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists
Source
Franco 'Bifo' Berardi (The Second Coming [2019], I 'Fascism')
Book Ref
Berardi,Franco 'Bifo': 'The Second Coming' [polity 2019], p.44
A Reaction
It is hard to disagree with this. Local heroes in my town make lovely efforts to improve the place (with flowers, sculptures) but most of us don't know who they are. Capitalist competition erodes community.
| 23532 | The delusion of free will brings a sense of guilt [Berardi] |
| 23531 | Philosophers should interpret the world, by expressing its possibilities [Berardi] |
| 23537 | American white men trusted the philosophy of winning, and then discovered losing [Berardi] |
| 23536 | Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists [Berardi] |
| 23534 | Communism failed to unite western workers with the oppressed of the south [Berardi] |
| 23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |
| 23533 | The economy has replaced medieval theocracy at the centre of our society [Berardi] |
| 23538 | Nothingness only exists in consciousness [Berardi] |