Sarah E. Bond

sarahebond.bsky.social

09 October 2026 12:10

90% of how Rubio described “the West” while in Athens (e.g., "fierce individuality,” “relentless ambition”) is just a rehashing of ideas plucked from Ayn Rand. Encouraging people to “ethical egoism” is how we got this level of inequality—which now sits at a higher level than Ancient Athens ever had.

The Conversation AUNZ

aunz.theconversation.com

09 October 2026 12:09

New Nobel winner Anne Carson’s playful, deeply intelligent work riffs off and reinvents ancient classics – and often lands with breathtaking emotional force.

Joel

sentantiq.bsky.social

09 October 2026 12:09

a vision of Greece without self-knowledge and restraint is merely a thin historical pretext for economic and political expansion without reflection or meaning. Growth and profit themselves become the main characters of history, leaving the humans that make them possible behind.

Joel

sentantiq.bsky.social

09 October 2026 12:09

this is essentially embracing the melian dialogue as a positive truth without understanding that the brief hope of the Mytilenean debate makes it a tragedy

Joel

sentantiq.bsky.social

09 October 2026 12:09

beyond parroting the greek miracle component of white supremacy, Rubio also presents a version of Greek thought that has neither the delphic imperative of self-knowledge nor the corrective warning of "nothing to excess"