Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio The Fabian Society: Origins & World Domination (AB Short)
Nov 29, 2025
Delve into the shadowy origins and strategies of the Fabian Society, founded in 1884. Learn about their incremental approach to dismantling traditional values and shaping a new society. Discover their ties to eugenics, as well as their influence on modern politics, particularly within the Labour Party. Explore the unsettling visions of figures like H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, and the implications of their ideology on our collective futures. Unravel the facade of benevolence that masks authoritarian aims.
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Slow Revolution Strategy
- The Fabian Society practiced slow, incremental change to wear down institutions rather than swift revolution.
- This gradualism aims to dismantle values like free speech and separation of powers before reconstructing society.
Eroding Institutions For Control
- Fabian ideology seeks to break civic norms and institutions to enable centralized control.
- The speaker links this to deliberate erosion of justice, constitutional integrity, and independent institutions.
Eugenics Echoes In Modern Policy
- The Fabians historically supported eugenics and policies targeting the disabled and infirm.
- The episode argues modern policies like expanded assisted dying echo those eugenic impulses.
