About Fabio Vighi

‘The West has become a totalitarian space – the space of a self-defensive hegemony defending itself against its own weakness.’ (Jean Baudrillard)

One of the most frequently referenced scenes in …
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The figure of the Enemy is probably the most precious asset of the imploding West. Just consider the recent celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the D-day, which, courtesy of …
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‘The threat of one catastrophe is deferred by that of others’ (T. Adorno)

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We should never lose sight of the bigger picture. The string of geopolitical conflicts …
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Even if almost no one wants to admit it, our “system” is obsolete, and for this reason it is now morphing into a “closed system” – totalitarian in nature. It …
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We have reached the end of 2023 and – a few of us might have noticed – the world economy continues its freefall. The rise in global debt is unstoppable (currently …
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It’s not surprising that the Western media have unilaterally labelled the Hamas October 7 attacks as a “new 9/11”. Of course, they refer to the official story about 9/11, indelibly …
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‘As we transition to a lower energy system (renewables replacing fossil fuels), growth-based economics will be phased out and replaced with something else.’ (Simon Michaux)

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The first week of …
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Perhaps the best way to grasp the meaning of our New Normal is to frame it as the irreversible paradigm shift towards “crisis capitalism”. The key macroeconomic implication is that …
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What are the drivers of senile capitalism? I will list five of them in no particular order, and then proceed to discuss their interconnections:

1. Debt. The only road …
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We have entered a global cycle of secular inflation that is unique in history. The cynical attempt to preserve a system based on the ontological assumption of permanent monetary injections …
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