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His ideas have influenced people in the Trump admin unfortunately, it’s likely where they got the notion of shifting the world order to a multi-polar one.
The video, since you didn’t watch it, explains how Dugin and the Dark Enlightenment align insofar as destroying liberal democracy and the West.
it simply describes their ideas, without criticism or even taking the time to explain "hey these are dark enlightenment thinkers whose ideas are driving the far right, so beware that esoteric fascism is what all this theory is leading to".
for example, it simply names Julius Evola as an influence without noting that he was an esoteric fascist. only a few seconds of broader context is provided in the middle of the video. not only that, it takes dugin at his word about "rejecting" fascism.
i guess someone already pretty well versed in this stuff would be able to see what's being described, but videos@lemmy.world is a place for general videos. Nearly no one in it will know a ton about the so-called 'dark enlightenment'. it's irresponsible to post this outside of a community that is already studying this stuff because it effectively platforms their ideas uncritically.