Giorgio Agamben on the disappearance of Law

Christmas Market in Germany — “the unvaccinated” are behind the fence, prohibited to mingle.

Today, the majority of Western citizenry has changed their political attitude from supporting democracy to demanding parental controls over all citizenry. They seek to establish a society where all adults are under constant supervision of Parent-like Authorities (public health, academia, media, social media, philanthropic organizations and foundations, transnational “summits”, etc) — that the citizenry must be under constant parenting supervision, with any freedom or liberty only being granted as a reward for agreeable behavior — because all citizens are inherently hazard, irrational, up to no good if left unsupervised. I do not know how we came to this. Even in actual parenting, it is a sure recipe for raising psychopaths and twisted neurotics.

The most harmful consequence of this Parenting Control State is disappearance of joy, sweetness of human connection, simple rejoicing at being alive and human. Instead, we are offered the “happiness” of endless purchase of endless stuff we don’t need, including digital “goods” and “fees”, we are offered an ongoing rat-like stimulation with visuals, monotonous “music” and entertainment.

We are afraid to do something “against the rules”, like a battered kid under ongoing repressive parenting.

The greatest philosopher of our times, Giorgio Agamben, reflects upon this condition of…