Episode 132: The New Political Poles Replacing Left and Right

Since 2020 there has been a sizeable reconfiguration of political lines, with new poles shaping up to replace left and right. Specifically, differing strains of a kind of conservative nationalism replacing the traditional right and liberalised globalism replacing the traditional left.We discuss those emerging configurations, the new American empire’s tendency towards realism, Heidegger, and technology as the central question of modernity, as well as how concepts like ‘human rights’ and ‘moral relativism’ are out of date, with potentially even ‘democracy’ soon for the chopping block.Plus, Gen Z’s realist approach to transgendersism, the recognition of Somaliland, human rights law’s failure around sanctions, Ed Miliband as future PM, monarchy, anti-sexist workshops for boys in school, and having to wait years for institutions to catch-up with discourse already evident via technology.