Our World and its Postmodern Takeover

Donald argues that we have fallen into the gap “between material reality and language”. She suggests that “postmodernism, in its alleged bid to deconstruct material narratives, paved the way to reify concepts, thrusting us all into a world of words where definitions are less important than what we feel about them.” This has. lead to “a fight to define words”, during which “the Right has taken advantage of our willingness to abandon materiality to gain power, creating myths full of lies around men like Trump and Musk, and dismissing scientific certainties as if they are mere opinions.” She argues that “going forward, the fight cannot just be linguistic. It has to be material, relationship-building and grounded… It has to be a fight which goes beyond individual identity and “my truth” subjectivities, and towards cohesion, community, and a plurality which weaves together many worlds… We need to find ourselves in groups, and then find how those groups fit with one another. Until we do that, we are kites in the wind, lost without the ties that bind us.” Also see new effort Planet: Coordinate.