Archives de l’auteur : romaindonville

Marx described History as a non ending fight between classes: esclavagism, feudalism, capitalism, dictatorship of the proletariat… A version of this fight between classes, with real consequences on the history of the economy and politics, was the opposition between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy. Their rivalry for domination, that the bourgeoise mainly won, shaped aLire la suite « The opposition between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy: a version of the fight between classes »

Many people, including me, are nostalgic of the time of the decades following the Second World war. This time was generally a period of prosperity with overall more honest and of a better level politicians. They weren’t perfect and, for instance, de Gaulle could be a cold hearted “chess player”, but he followed principles behindLire la suite « Referring to the French period of the post Second World war morally “led” by de Gaulle and Mendès France : a response to the challenges of today »

Alternative capitalism is a way to make the economy evolve while keeping its good sides. Even Marx, who fought capitalism all his life, made compliments about it, saying that it encouraged work and fights mediocrity ; it is a reason why he thought that it was a necessary step after feudalism before doing the proletarianLire la suite « Developing alternative capitalism : some ways that can be more used »

The Trump administration is looking to create more and more tariff with other countries in the world one by one. It is made to show the strength of the United States compared to the others. However these measures show that the United States is a declining power which is using its current position but whoseLire la suite « The Trump global tariff measures : a symptom of declining power »

The coexistence between religions has always been complicated and creating conflicts. However dialog between these religions has often led to real achievements in many fields, like philosophy or theology. If great conflicts were born, for instance the Religious wars in the XVIth and XVIIth century in Europe, it looks that these conflicts are coming back.Lire la suite « The three great « sedentary » religions (Catholicism, Islam and Hinduism) and the three great “nomadic” religions (Protestantism, Judaism, Buddhism): between conflicts and dialog, new ways to find »

Many wars were cruel and useless, like the wars of Attila, of the Vikings, or the First World war. But others were a lot more meaningful, because they were compliant to really important causes. Three examples can be taken into account and show that conflicts, if they have a real sense, are worth engaging. AristotleLire la suite « The Secession war, the Commune war and the Second World war: really meaningful wars that can inspire a lot of engagements of today »

The end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin wall looked like the triumph of the Western world and democracy against the power of Communism and authoritarian regimes. But the great implicit turning point is that paradoxically, 30 later, for the first time in 2 centuries, the Western world is not theLire la suite « The Asian century : how Asia reshaped the world in the last 20 years »

The intellectual Emmanuel Todd told about the fact the United States has lost the sense of lutherian education in the recent years. If I don’t personally support his ideas about Putin, I think this idea is right. As the Western world entered into modernity partly thanks to lutherian ideas, it is threatened today by theLire la suite « Revitalizing the lutherian approach of education in the Western world : a asset to face our time of decadence »

The rise of reactionary ideas everywhere in the Western world is the revival of very old and traditional confrontations. Before the rise of Marxism and even utopic socialist ideas (for instance with Fourier or Saint Simon), there was an opposition between reformists and reactionaries. If reactionaries are the shadow allies of fascists, reformists are theLire la suite « Reformists and anarchists, the shadow allies »

I am not Marxist or communist but the life of Karl Marx left a fascinating impression of an extraordinary intellectual and worker. As the leftists may be seen as promoting laziness, Marx is an example showing greatly the contrary. The way he worked and approach his internationalist project, even if you strongly disagree with him,Lire la suite « The extraordinary work rythm of Marx : a great potential inspiration »