I posted this entry in the blog's glossary a year ago, yesterday. My thanks to Simon Slade for reminding me.<\/p>\n
When there is so much discussion of what is called \u2018defence\u2019 at present, I think it is worth recalling that much of what is being said by so many on this issue is being manufactured for profit and gain by a few at the cost to most people in the world. That is what happens in what I have described as an 'Age of Aggression'.<\/p>\n
The Age of Aggression<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The age of aggression<\/a> is the contemporary era of political economy<\/a>, defined by the aggressive dominance of corporate and ultra-wealthy interests over democratic institutions, public discourse, and resource allocation.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n The Age of Aggression marks the latest phase in the evolution of modern capitalism, succeeding the post-war Age of Compassion<\/i> and the neoliberal<\/a> Age of Indifference<\/i>. It began with the rise of figures such as Donald Trump and has intensified through the influence of billionaires, global corporations, and tech elites whose power now eclipses that of many governments.<\/p>\n In this era, political economy<\/a>\u2014understood not simply as the study of who gets what, but why<\/i> they get it\u2014is shaped by force rather than consent. Competition in ideas, particularly in economics<\/a> and politics, has been all but eliminated. Neoliberal<\/a> orthodoxy reigns unchallenged, and dissent is sidelined.<\/p>\n The wealthy and powerful now assert their interests with open contempt for democracy<\/a> and the public good. Control of media, technology, and narrative allows them to dictate terms while rendering the concerns of ordinary people irrelevant. This is an era not merely of inequality<\/a>, but of active suppression and exclusion.<\/p>\n The Age of Aggression is thus not just about economics or politics\u2014it is about the use of economic and cultural power as tools of domination. It will, inevitably, end. Aggression always does. But until a new politics of compassion and care emerges, this is the world we must navigate\u2014and resist.<\/p>\n I have added glossary entries on the Age of Compassion<\/a> and the Age of Indifference<\/a> today, to support and match this one.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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