Darren Allen is blogging for “one last sprint” the last quarter of 2021 and this has been the highlight so far. Don’t be put off by the estimated reading time which is grossly pessimistic, but it’s not a short piece.
A key quote, from Bakunin it seems, with precise relevance right now:
A scientific body to which had been confided the government of society would soon end by devoting itself no longer to science at all, but to quite another affair; and that affair, as in the case of all established powers, would be its own eternal perpetuation by rendering the society confided to its care ever more stupid and consequently more in need of its government and direction.
Thanks