On Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 8:12:53 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 8:33 PM Lawrence Crowell <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > *> The situation is hopeless.* > > > Maybe, but I sure hope you're wrong! > > >> *> I correspond with someone who is a communist, and have gotten into >> some arguments.* > > > I wouldn't be surprised if the Communist you corresponded with was of the > academic type. Even though 3 of the 4 greatest monsters of the 20th > century, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot were Communist among > academics being a Communist is considered to be more respectable than being > a Nazi and I have a theory as to why that is so. Academics tend to be > bookish and the theoretical basis of communism as seen in "The Communist > Manifesto" and "Das Kapital" may be economic nonsense but it's not > obviously evil; I mean who would object to a workers paradise? In practice > Communism was evil but in theory it was just stupid, however even in theory > the Nazism in "Mein Kampf" with its anti-semitism and master race crap is > nauseating. > > >> *> Politics in general is a sort of brain infection that causes neuron to >> seize up when any cognitive dissonance occurs,* > > > Like it or not politics is the way humans organize themselves, it got us > into a situation where a very unstable TV gameshow host who is far FAR from > being a genius (the Moon is part of Mars, vaccines cause autism) has the > power to destroy civilization in half an hour on a whim because he has, > among other things, the keys to a Trident Nuclear Submarine. Thousands of > years of progress could be wiped out in less time than it takes to write an > angry Tweet about Bette Midler or Rosie O'Donnell. > > And like it or not the only thing that can get us out of this mess is yet > more politics. > > John K Clark >
The *politics is the problem* meme is a Republican talking point, the utility being that if they can get people to think that all politics is bad, or all politicians are the same, then people might as well vote for Republicans, since nothing will be done anyway, so why bother voting for a (Democratic) party that proposes government-based solutions. The *make politics bad* (in the thinking of the people) propaganda agenda of the Republican Party is a very successful one. @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/0cd5606e-c9b9-4b1b-a9db-9a22a4646a3b%40googlegroups.com.
