Tag: #Politics

  • leafykibritmahtab

    Exposing Emotional Blackmail: AI-Generated Content Threats

    I theorize semantic terrorism using Bourdieu, Foucault, Baulibard, and Pomerantsev, but stress its real-world relevance. Beyond abstract concepts, I gather concrete cases where emotionally loaded, socially charged, often AI-driven content is weaponized for political gain. Two recent Hebrew articles (translatable via Google) exemplify semantic terrorism in practice.

  • leafykibritmahtab

    From Scorched Earth to Empty Souls: How Climate Despair Fuels Apocalyptic Populism and the Descent into Nihilism

    > The specter of climate change looms large, casting a shadow over our collective future. But beyond the rising tides and extreme weather events, there’s a more insidious consequence: a pervasive sense of climate despair… It’s proving to be a potent accelerant for apocalyptic populism and, ultimately, a chilling descent into nihilism.