Here we bring dasein – identity – down to Earth. Or, rather, as close as some “serious philosophers” are willing to take it. And [of course] far short of the “fractured and fragmented” narrative that I have lugged around “in my head” now for years.
Francis Fukuyama & the Perils of Identity
Peter Benson critiques a liberal but nationalistic brand of identity politics.
As though these historical events actually do settle once and for all whether capitalism [which revolves largely around “me, myself and I”] is more rational or virtuous than socialism [which revolves largely around “we” as a community.]
And, in fact, in much of the “First World”, governments have, by and large, embraced the complex set of components attributed to both the capitalist and the socialist frame of mind. Or political economy. The safety net, the welfare state, the ever expanding federal government.
But ideology is still around. In particular, the one that revolves around fascism. Some argue that all it will take is one or another Big Crisis to bring about the next Nazi agenda. Indeed, 2020 seemed to be the year, right? The coronavirus, the lockdowns, the economic collapse, the BLM movement.
How close did we come with Trump?
And then the part where, even in those nations that sustain “the triumph of liberalism, democracy, and capitalism”, there is the question of which version of the “deep state” any particular one of us [rooted in dasein] subscribe to. Crony capitalism, state capitalism. And we have a few “populists” here don’t we?
But [for me] the part where their moral and political value judgments are rooted in dasein is still the most important point. Even within the political framework of “liberal democracy” they remain no less objectivists.