Arthur wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/opinion/inequality-and-the-modern-
> culture-of-celebrity.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130520
which begins:
The Great Divide
This series examines inequality in the United States and around
the world.
What are celebrities, after all? They dominate the landscape, like
giant monuments to aspiration, fulfillment and overreach.
That's just one element, AFAICS, of what Chris Hedges is talking
about, in rather less restrained terms here:
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16468-vast-underclass-must-rise-up-
against-global-mafia-or-die
which concludes:
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" grasps the dark soul of global
capitalism. We are all aboard the doomed ship Pequod, a name
connected to an Indian tribe eradicated by genocide, and Ahab is
in charge. "All my means are sane," Ahab says, "my motive and my
object mad." We are sailing on a maniacal voyage of
self-destruction, and no one in a position of authority, even if
he or she sees what lies ahead, is willing or able to stop
it. Those on the Pequod who had a conscience, including Starbuck,
did not have the courage to defy Ahab. The ship and its crew were
doomed by habit, cowardice and hubris. Melville's warning must
become ours. Rise up or die.
I guess I should read Moby Dick. [1] The quote from Capt. Ahab
beautifully encapsulates global corporatist hegemony and post-9-11
national security apparatus.
- Mike
[1] In very long retrospect, I wonder why my elderly, charming and
erudite high school English teacher had us read the difficult
Return of the Native instead of Moby Dick.
--
Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~.
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