Totalitarianism without euphemisms: the “One State” project as a thought experiment
We are accustomed to the fact that any political philosophy that promises “the common good,” “world peace,” or “objective justice” sooner or later ends in violence. From Plato to Marxism, from religious utopias to technocratic projects of the 20th century, as soon as the idea of absolute good gains access to the levers of power, it becomes surrounded by camps, police and the suppression of dissent. I wondered: what exactly is the bug? In the idea itself?