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The narrative of the extreme right is that once our oppression is lifted, we wander around in small circles not knowing what to do, but eventually taking to booze and a dissipated lifestyle. I can heartily recommend both.
In other news, it has become apparent that the cultural critics of the left and the right are now only walking in small circles. Every time I see a critique, the solution being offered is not new or well-considered but has to do with some kind of folksy notion about how "things used to be okay in the past."
It would be very interesting if people began using their intellects, but having a thinking mind is not automatic. It requires all sorts of fortuitous events to combine, like having a propensity, like needing to know something for fear of living the rest of your life in ignorance and so on.
Most people don't see it that way at all, but work with what they have, which hasn't been developed into anything yet.
The narrative of the extreme right is that once our oppression is lifted, we wander around in small circles not knowing what to do, but eventually taking to booze and a dissipated lifestyle. I can heartily recommend both.
In other news, it has become apparent that the cultural critics of the left and the right are now only walking in small circles. Every time I see a critique, the solution being offered is not new or well-considered but has to do with some kind of folksy notion about how "things used to be okay in the past."
It would be very interesting if people began using their intellects, but having a thinking mind is not automatic. It requires all sorts of fortuitous events to combine, like having a propensity, like needing to know something for fear of living the rest of your life in ignorance and so on.
Most people don't see it that way at all, but work with what they have, which hasn't been developed into anything yet.
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