1. “History is written by the victors” is a normative judgment (as it should be), disguised as a positive one (as it is). At the most superficial level, it expresses skepticism of the pro-government narrative, and in that respect it is valuable and fair. Yes, power has a disproportionate influence on the conversation about itself, and a disproportionate opportunity to insert itself into this conversation, wherever it is conducted, whether we want it or not. But it is false.

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[from recordings and excerpts on nevertheless.com ] 1. Very briefly, a number of different quotes are attributed to Picasso with his admission that he is not a real artist, and has been fooling rich people all his life. Quotes are fictitious. Their sources are known. The myth continues to live its life not because “we don’t know the whole truth,” but because we do, but many either do not check the sources or continue to spread it even knowing that it is a lie.

Abstracts from the conference “Political Theology III: Time Remaining Before a New Beginning” May 24–25, 2024. Text: In support of the theme of this conference, a map of concepts was proposed for the analysis of periods of “doom” of social orders on the eve of their strong transformation into something else, something that “is here and now”, on the eve of the “end of the world”.