tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post1937135134615305313..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Oaths and Other Forms of Blackmail Are Destructive to the Free Working of Man's IntellectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-71944130653589594582011-01-19T16:30:39.165-05:002011-01-19T16:30:39.165-05:00But that's just Communications, Dog. Goering, ...But that's just Communications, Dog. Goering, Rove. Hill & Knowlton. Ju-jitsu.<br /><br />Power is Koch Bros. Goldman Sachs. ExxonMobil. GE. The ones who don't do the yapping so overtly. Power's main job is to perpetuate itself. PR sophistry is certainly one effective way, esp. w/r/t those who aren't paying attention.<br /><br />George Lakoff talks about the preservation of governing: if we limit the size of Gov't, other powerful or moneyed or advantaged interests fill in the power vacuum. The move toward anarchy favors those who already have a leg up and can mobilize to capitalize.<br /><br />Now, I don't want to rule; and I presume neither do you. What we can do, is try to keep the ones who do honest. Balance them off against each other. Pay attention.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-3952707953234245322011-01-19T13:53:50.931-05:002011-01-19T13:53:50.931-05:00"But each uniquely responds to each's own..."But each uniquely responds to each's own over-determination."<br /><br />Exactly! I came out of the pool yesterday only to find I'd foolishly left my lights on and my battery was dead. Of course I had that sinking woe is me moment that maybe the responsibility of car ownership was just going to be beyond me. But then this really cute guy jump-started my battery without my even asking and I was back on the road in no time.<br /><br />Jim, I've been thinking a lot about your trick question-"how do you organize anarchists?" And I know the answer! Or at least an answer.Frances Madesonhttp://booktour.com/author/frances_madesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-73216539307175818882011-01-19T13:47:52.033-05:002011-01-19T13:47:52.033-05:00I liked "Bleached Beach" far more than t...I liked "Bleached Beach" far more than the one I linked to, but it's what I could find. Thanks for the recommendation, and thanks to serendipity for putting that song on my radio this morning.<br /><br />My broader point is that power is incredibly adept at turning the resistance it produces into pro-power propaganda. As for me being trapped, I just try to be kind within the snare's sphere.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-46911894919016521522011-01-19T13:20:25.734-05:002011-01-19T13:20:25.734-05:00Thanks, one last time, for the link. Noveller amaz...Thanks, one last time, for the link. Noveller amazes me.<br /><br />Me, I just try to do whatever makes me happiest while making others least-unhappy. Probably doesn't work well.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-51094901474369648612011-01-19T12:23:38.303-05:002011-01-19T12:23:38.303-05:00"to water power's avatars."
The iss..."to water power's avatars."<br /><br />The issue is freedom. I believe there are determinisms, yes. Too many, in fact: genetic, environmental, societal, political, economic, mathematical, astronomical, medical, e.g. And in sum they can negate each other. Provide outs for each other.<br /><br />You seem to feel trapped. Radically unfree. Hopeless. Nothing you can do is not determined.<br /><br />But each uniquely responds to each's own over-determination. In that, there is a certain freedom.<br /><br />Much depends on how you look at it.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-50555677826428787132011-01-19T11:04:31.854-05:002011-01-19T11:04:31.854-05:00Is Captain Kirk going to blow up the Gorn Leader w...Is Captain Kirk going to blow up the Gorn Leader with that phallus, or does he have another strategy in mind?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com