Critics say democracy-collapse warnings echo the apocalyptic rhetoric they condemn

Evidence

Critics such as Jodi Dean (2016) challenge Brown’s argument on the grounds that it risks rehearsing apocalyptic accounts about a collapse of democracy, which are similar to some of the neopopulist narratives of the rise of neoliberalism. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 681

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the book’s broader theme that speculation and apocalyptic prediction feed off each other — recirculates the contingency/ruin logic it analyzes. — connects to: Apocalyptic framing of conflict forecloses dialogue and compromise; People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509; Anti-vaccine rhetoric absorbed ecofascist framing that casts mass death as natural culling — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 555 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Apocalyptic framing of conflict forecloses dialogue and compromise #expands (0.82)
• Legitimate policy critiques get delegitimized when voiced by unsympathetic characters #epitomizes (0.80)
• People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate #complicates (0.78) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509
• Newspaper critics of the crisis are themselves cogs in the neoliberal discourse machine #epitomizes (0.78) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 832
• Anti-vaccine rhetoric absorbed ecofascist framing that casts mass death as natural culling #epitomizes (0.72) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 555