Atlanticism

atlantisme

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Dominique Pagani regards Atlanticism as a more precise concept than "Western camp" or "American": the United States is the flagship of a squadron that also includes Japan or the Baltic states1. He therefore distinguishes anti-Atlanticism, which he claims for himself, from anti-Americanism, which he places in a right-wing tradition. In his view, the most Atlanticist are the Poles, the Balts and the Ukrainians2, while part of the American intelligentsia is less Atlanticist than almost all Europeans3. The word "West", he says, serves to keep silent about capitalism in economics and Atlanticism in foreign policy4. In France, Gaullists and communists stood in the way of the Atlanticist grip. The "false left" appears when Atlanticism rids itself of these two obstacles5. The left became Atlanticist gradually, with the acceleration of May 68. From 2024 on, he calls Atlanticist imperialism and NATO the "first fascism". This imperialism was built against the contagion of social and communist progress, and it is responsible for millions of deaths in Korea, Vietnam and the Congo6.

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Cycle 12 · 11 Jul 2024After the vote: entering a zone of turbulence

36:45The first fascism is Atlanticist imperialism, formed against the contagion of communism, responsible for millions of deaths in Korea, Vietnam and Congo.
57:17Global fascism whose World Bank and IMF impose ultra-liberalization on the poorest countries.

Cycle 12 · 24 Jun 2024For a “fresh and joyful” apocalypse?

17:52NATO, created to prevent the contagion of social progress, is the first fascism; this is not America or the American people.
1:18:36The left did not become Atlanticist all at once, but progressively, with an acceleration after May '68.

Cycle 11 · 9 Jul 2023Worldliness in Clouscard: the clash of worlds?

1:44:23The word "West" serves to silence capitalism in economics and atlanticism in foreign policy.

Cycle 10 · 24 Mar 2022#11 Ukraine: mathematics unites men, politics divides them (Aristotle)

7:44Anti-Americanism is a right-wing tradition; he practices anti-Atlanticism. Atlanticism is not specific to America: the most Atlanticist are the Poles, the Balts, the Ukrainians.
54:45There exists in America an intelligentsia less Atlanticist than nearly all Europeans.

Series · 17 Nov 2021Left-washing: are the woke the most asleep?

5:01Gaullists and communists had in common that they hindered the Atlanticist takeover of Europe and France.
56:16He is against Atlanticism, not against America; the false left is born when Atlanticism gets rid of these two obstacles.

Cycle 7 · 5 May 2020#7 Harnessed to confinitude

6:34A more precise concept than "Western camp" or "American camp": the United States is the flagship of a fleet that includes Japan or the Baltic states.