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Patreon Preview -- Disaster Nationalism
This month we return to Richard Seymour's essay about the new forms of nationalism. At this point the essay is a few years old, so we were able to discuss how things have developed since it was written. We also did not know that a book by the same name by Seymour was coming out soon...
Prepared for the Worst: Disaster Nationalism
https://salvage.zone/prepared-for-the-worst-disaster-nationalism/
Disaster Nationalism: THE DOWNFALL OF LIBERAL CIVILIZATION
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761156/disaster-nationalism-by-richard-seymour/
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