Specter-of-communism allusion frames speculative politics as haunting democracy.

Evidence

A specter of speculative politics is haunting liberal democracy as we know it. To dissect this specter, we need to understand the symbolic resources drawn by an incipient political class that is intent on weaponizing our moment’s volatility, trailing speculative communities along both regressive and progressive pathways. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 240

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Contemporary political movements emerge from speculation rather than rational calculation — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 553; Speculative uncertainty is now reshaping democratic politics itself. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 240; Current crises express immanent speculative politics rather than an interregnum awaiting new birth — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 363
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Contemporary political movements emerge from speculation rather than rational calculation — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 553; Speculative uncertainty is now reshaping democratic politics itself. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 240; Current crises express immanent speculative politics rather than an interregnum awaiting new birth — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 363