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Kasper Støvring

Lars von Trier’s beautiful nightmare
Lars von Trier’s Europa trilogy depicts a continent in total decay, yet it is some of the most beautiful cinema ever filmed. The beauty…
Lars von Trier’s Europe trilogy is a prophetic image of its time
Lars von Trier’s masterful Europe trilogy was at the time (1984–1991) perceived as a sombre but detached artistic play with a continent in ruins…
Authoritarian liberalism is afraid of its own people
“Citizen Vigilante” is an aesthetically poor and politically vulgar film that nevertheless says something true about the state of Europe—something evidently so true that…
Starmer’s resignation solves nothing
Starmer was the worst of the leaders in power in the West. It is good that he is gone. But it will not solve…
The Greta Thunberg myth is beginning to crack
Greta Thunberg stepped into a mythological spectacle as an innocent child with moral and intellectual authority who told power the truth. When she is…
Glistrup was the system’s nightmare
Mogens Glistrup called taxation organised robbery and described the state as a form of institutionalised theft disguised as care. Today, the state has become…
The left’s idealism and readiness for violence
The climate movement, the “woke” movement, and identity politics function as substitute religions, complete with a sense of sin, enemy images, and a community…
The distant has been brought near — without becoming present
With technology that makes everything immediately available, nothing is distant anymore. Along with that, closeness and presence also disappear. The encounter with something that…
The Devil Exists
When every atrocity must instantly have a cause that makes it understandable, and nothing is allowed to appear as absolute evil, we lose more…
Do people even realise how bad things have gotten in Britain?
Britain no longer controls its own borders, undermining both its sovereignty and public trust in the state. Demographic projections show that white Britons will…
The discreet charm of the progressive elite
The progressive elite that celebrates sexual liberation actually lives far more conservatively than it preaches. The sexual revolution benefited few, but brought misfortune to…
“Euphoria” is a more subtle series than progressive critics can see
HBO’s “Euphoria” shows our own culture without filters. It paints a merciless picture of a society where old virtues like moderation, shame, honour, family…
The radicalisation of young women
“The manosphere” is the term used when trying to portray men as carriers of toxic masculinity and right-wing extremism. But there is growing evidence…
Man is a frail, partially blind creature under a restless sky
Odd Nerdrum’s paintings show man embedded in an order he has not created. Instead of staging the sovereignty of the liberal individual, he reveals…
Blood is thicker than paper
Ethnicity and culture have become so intertwined that they cannot be separated. You can choose your religion, your political beliefs, and your friends. But…
The age of self-publishing is near
We need personally engaged writers and texts that dare to break the consensus, but the established system is a filtering mechanism designed to keep…

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