I wrote: > Djilas himself wrote something to the > effect that effective political action always begins with "moral > indignation" and distrust of the good intentions of people. (I'm > relying on my flawed memory here.)
This (or something like it) is what Djilas wrote. Now, I obviously disagree with him. It's much more complicated. My favorite depiction of this dilemma can be found in Jose Saramago's Ensaio sobre a cegueira, the episode where the thief helps a man who gets blind at the wheel of his car while stopping at a traffic light. The thief drives the blind man home, but at the door (and Saramago is a genius at describing the mental processes in the players of his stories), he hesitates to allow the thief to help him find his way inside his apartment. The thief then feels the distrustful vibes and finds the way to rationalize his taking the car! After all, the blind man proved to be so ungrateful! We promote trust by trusting, etc. Very complicated. A dynamic system with multiple equilibria. Or a dynamic game with... you got the idea. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
