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The Dictate of the Inevitable: How Constraints Defame Dissenting Voices

opinion-review · 2026-07-15

A critique of the 'jargon of inevitability' argues that modernity, often associated with a multi-option society, is in practice dominated by dogmatic ideas presenting things as without alternative. The text calls for fighting against the jargon and ideology of constraints that defame dissenting voices, emphasizing that there is more than one future.

Key facts

  • The article critiques the 'jargon of inevitability'.
  • Modernity is linked to the concept of a multi-option society.
  • Dogmatic ideas present things as without alternative.
  • The text calls for fighting against the ideology of constraints.
  • Dissenting voices are defamed by constraints.
  • There is more than one future.
  • The article is from NZZ Feuilleton.
  • The URL is nzz.ch/feuilleton/zeitgeschehen/das-diktat-des-unvermeidlichen-wie-mit-sachzwaengen-abweichende-stimmen-diffamiert-werden-ld.10015370

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  • NZZ Feuilleton

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