Messianic politics: doesn't that describe our commitment? What did W. write on his Facebook profile under religion? Messianic. What, under political persuasion? Again: messianic. What, under interests and hobbies? The messianic epoch. But W.'s never been sure what messianism really means. What does it mean to talk about the Messiah when neither of us is in the least bit religious? And what is the meaning of political messianism?
He knows that the figure of the Messiah is always accompanied by the apocalypse, W. says. The Messiah, the apocalypse: you can't have one without the other. The Messiah only arrives at the end of times, in the Last Days, W. says. It's only at the end of politics that politics might become messianic. And we are at the end of politics, he says. Politics really is over.
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