The Spenglerian association of Prussia with Socialism, as paradoxical as it may seem to most people, does have an historical basis. The history surrounding this association is unfortunately too obscure, even though a Prussian origin can be discerned in the… Read More ›
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Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part III of IV)
A large portion of Prussianism and Socialism was devoted to the “English instinct,” the term Spengler chose to describe Liberal Capitalism. Spengler specifically chose this term, just as he had also identified Socialism as being the “Prussian instinct,” because he… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part II of IV)
Prussia, as a political entity in the world, was dissolved by the Allied Powers in the opening stages of the Cold War. Its territorial claims by West Germany ceased in what can only be described as the Faustian bargain. Prussia… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part I of IV)
The proliferation of differing interpretations of Socialism after 1945 is indicative of a lack of awareness about its historical origins. Yes, there is the commonly-known association of the “Socialist Mode of Production” to “Scientific Socialism,” the interpretation of Karl Marx… Read More ›
Compendium: A Reading of Ernst Jünger’s Total Mobilization
It is understandable for the term ‘Total Mobilization’ to convey imagery of military preparations for an impending war. It is also inevitable for the term itself to conjure the notion of sustaining a war effort against a common enemy. This… Read More ›
Compendium: Economic Governance Types and Economic Planning Models
This blog post marks the beginning of a series of “entries” as part of the Compendium on Socialist Monetary Policy. The intent, as stated earlier in the Compendium, is the formulation of the Work-Standard. The first series of entries will… Read More ›
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