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-A '''malign sovereign''' is a sovereign (an individual or statesperson) which establishes their own sovereignty at the expense of a higher power. A malign sovereignty is a state which is seen as illegitimate ''in the eyes of the [[modern universal state]]''.
+A '''malign sovereign''' is a sovereign (an individual or statesperson) who establishes their own sovereignty at the expense of a higher power. A malign sovereignty is a state which is seen as illegitimate ''in the eyes of the [[modern universal state]]''.
-A malign sovereignty is a schism following the fall of traditional sovereignty, the schism being between malign sovereignty itself and the modern [[Universal State|universal state]]. Modern subjectivity represents the edge of modern politics, over which spills malign sovereignty. It is the ''excess'' beyond the bounds of political [[modernity]].
+A malign sovereignty is a schism following the fall of traditional sovereignty, the schism being between malign sovereignty itself and the modern universal state. Modern subjectivity represents the edge of modern politics, over which spills malign sovereignty. It is the ''excess'' beyond the bounds of political [[modernity]].
-The malign sovereign represents [[Hegel’s master/slave dialectic]] by standing up to the master (the unipolar order of the modern bourgeoisie) and being unwilling to submit and become the slave. It also represents, more importantly, in modern politics those who do not align themselves with the sovereignty of the [[Thomas Hobbes|Hobbesian]] “Leviathan”, which emerges from the “War of All Against All”, in which individuals are simply self-interested-- they kill each other over differing self-interests but then realize it is easier to submit to the most powerful person in order to safeguard a bare minimum of security and rights. This “Hobbesian sovereignty” forms the basic metaphysics of the modern universal state,  which, from this, also rest on notions of “human rights”, liberty, general will, social contract theory, etc.
+The malign sovereign represents [[Hegel’s master/slave dialectic]] by standing up to the master (the unipolar order of the modern bourgeoisie) and being willing to fight to death to challenge hegemonic sovereignty. It also represents, more importantly, in modern politics those who do not align themselves with the sovereignty of the [[Thomas Hobbes|Hobbesian]] “Leviathan”, which emerges from the “War of All Against All”, in which individuals are simply self-interested-- they kill each other over differing self-interests but then realize it is easier to submit to the most powerful person in order to safeguard a bare minimum of security and rights. This “Hobbesian sovereignty” forms the basic metaphysics of the modern universal state,  which, from this point of development, produces such notions as "rights", equality under a ruler, a "general will", social contract theory, etc.
-Malign sovereignty can be seen as the antithesis to Marx’s “[[ideology of the ruling class]]”, that is, the malign sovereign’s rule is a response to the dominant ideology of the West, which comes from its ruling class. A malign sovereign rules without submission to modern universal statists. It circumvents the Western universal political metaphysics of organizations such as the U.S. government, NATO, the European Union, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Economic Forum (WEF), Western monopolists, the UN (to some extent), the American deep state, and others who are oriented toward a global unipolar system. These sovereigns are treated as “uncivilized” or “backwards” (today they are often called “authoritarian” as well as “fascist”) for denying the legitimacy of the modern form of politics and Karl Popper’s “[[Open Society]]”.
+Malign sovereignty can be seen as the antithesis to Marx’s “[[ideology of the ruling class]]”, or as the opposite of hegemonic sovereignty. That is, the malign sovereign’s rule is a response to the dominant ideology of the West, which comes from its ruling class. A malign sovereign rules without submission to modern universal statists. It circumvents the Western universal political metaphysics of organizations such as the U.S. government, NATO, the European Union, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Economic Forum (WEF), Western monopolists, the UN (to some extent), the American deep state, and others who are oriented toward a global unipolar system. These sovereigns are treated as “uncivilized” or “backwards” (today they are often called “authoritarian” as well as “fascist”) for denying the legitimacy of the modern form of politics and Karl Popper’s “[[Open Society]]”.
 The malign sovereign is what “polarizes” individuals who do not align with the unipolar order. No longer is the reason a simple criminal self-interest, as is the case with Hobbes-- the “polarization” is artificial,  unnatural. The malign sovereign “polarizes” individuals (with “fake news”) to become “criminals”. For example, you may have heard someone say “Trump is a criminal ''because'' he is being bribed by Russia”, or “Haz is a sellout ''because'' he is on China’s payroll”. These claims are [[Retrocausality|retrocausal]], as they presuppose a “polarity” to which one’s self-interest is “polarized” or “tuned” ''prior to'' the consideration of self-interest. With this in mind, “socialized malignity”-- simple, one-sided, and entirely malign states-- can be established, and thus labeled “malign sovereignties”.