{"id":5982,"date":"2023-01-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5982"},"modified":"2022-11-25T19:42:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:42:48","slug":"%ef%bf%bclooking-at-alex-joness-book-2022-the-great-reset-part-8-of-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5982","title":{"rendered":"\ufffcLooking at Alex Jones&#8217;s Book (2022) &#8220;The Great Reset&#8221; (Part 8 of 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0095 Jones discusses&nbsp;<em>the illusion-filled reactionary Great Reset<\/em>&nbsp;(C) in chapters six, seven and eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These chapters cover how&nbsp;<em>the coin of the new realm<\/em>&nbsp;is forged and hammered out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0096 In chapter nine,&nbsp;<em>the apparently salutary solution of stakeholder capitalism<\/em>&nbsp;(D) emerges, like order from chaos, like&nbsp;<em>coagula<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>solve<\/em>, and like&nbsp;<em>a mandate from heaven<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones closes with a review of K5, the fifth book under consideration. Here is the delusion (D) that Klaus Schwab wants to alchemically precipitate from the implemented illusions (C) of the Great Reset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0097 At this juncture, I turn back and regard&nbsp;<em>the path that I have taken<\/em>&nbsp;in looking at Jones&#8217;s provocative book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones is on target.&nbsp;&nbsp;He identifies&nbsp;<em>the literary output of Schwab<\/em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>an act of persuasion<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I look at this act of persuasion, the Greimas square comes to mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0098 Here is&nbsp;<em>the purely-relational structure<\/em>&nbsp;of the Greimas square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide19.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide19-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0099 What does&nbsp;<em>an act of persuasion<\/em>&nbsp;do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, first of all, one must distinguish&nbsp;<em>the topic<\/em>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<em>the act of persuasion<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic opens with&nbsp;<em>a mind-independent being<\/em>&nbsp;(A).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step (B) of&nbsp;<em>the act of persuasion<\/em>&nbsp;reminds me of medieval scholastic debates struggling to separate mind-independent being from mind-dependent being (perhaps, I can say, knowledge from opinion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say, this scholastic debate does not appear to bear fruit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But today, I can see that&nbsp;<em>the medieval debate<\/em>&nbsp;touches on&nbsp;<em>two elements that are drawn into reality through acts of persuasion<\/em>&nbsp;(C and D).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0100 What are the two elements?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an illusion (C), a mind-independent being (<em>ens reale<\/em>) is regarded as mind-dependent (<em>ens rationis<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a delusion (D), a mind-dependent being (<em>ens rationis<\/em>) is regarded as mind-independent (<em>ens reale<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, the Greimas square updates a centuries-old scholastic debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide20.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Slide20-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure 20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0101 To me,&nbsp;<em>the updated scholastic Greimas square<\/em>&nbsp;introduces precisely&nbsp;<em>what the medieval schoolmen were trying to avoid:<\/em>&nbsp;<em>illusion<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>delusion<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does&nbsp;<em>an act of persuasion<\/em>&nbsp;do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schwab writes books on&nbsp;<em>the topic of the fourth industrial revolution<\/em>&nbsp;(A).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the process, Schwab persuades us of&nbsp;<em>the realness of stakeholder capitalism<\/em>&nbsp;(D).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0095 Jones discusses&nbsp;the illusion-filled reactionary Great Reset&nbsp;(C) in chapters six, seven and eight. 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