Ideology and Division: Understanding the Political Climate and Why Society is Divided

by S.D. Smith

“Where a political loss used to be a minor upset in the day-to-day of things, it is now experienced as a total devastation - and as a kind of existential upheaval that can have acute psychological effects on the individual. The political and ideological landscape begins more and more to reflect a state of warfare; and the net result is a state of increased social tension, mistrust, division and anxiety.” Divisions within populations - and ideological divisions more generally - are reaching new extremes and developing at a very rapid pace. This division and polarization can only go so far, however, before it reaches a kind of implosion and this implosion point draws increasingly nearer. This division is not isolated from a crisis within the broader political (globalist) paradigm that has been gradually established – socially, economically and politically - since at least the end of World War I. Understanding the cause of these divisions, what purpose they serve, where they are leading us - and their broader role within our ideological and political situation - is central to this book.

161 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 24, 2020

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[John Ferngrove · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is alt-right paranoia masquerading as respectable philosophy from someone with PhD in their name despite the absence of any bona fides. There are some very thought provoking ideas presented which i s why it gets a second star. His analysis of the relation between democratic societies and their media, and more generally the relation of societies to their ideological frameworks rang a lot of bells for me. His conclusions however are conspiracist nonsense, based on highly distorting simplifications of political categories and wish-fulfilling projections of a nationalist-conservative mindset.