Re: nettime-l Digest, Vol 173, Issue 13
Brian Holmes wrote: Thanks for this - I am totally curious about Chinese society and haven't been there for a long time. Actually, more recommendations would be cool. I like this regular journal/digest https://www.neican.org/china-scholarship-digest-7/ Also the political economist Helen Thompson has deep historical understanding of China’s evolving place in the wider geo-political sphere which I am sure will be fleshed out in her imminent tome, Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century, which will guarantee you many a sleepless night in all the best and worst senses. David Garcia # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
Re: nettime-l Digest, Vol 173, Issue 13
17 PM Brian Holmes wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> David, your second paragraph sums up a really complex situation in a few >>> words, thank you. >>> >>> >>> >>> It's fairly easy to understand how right-wing populists raise the anger of >>> the people. They do it with fear, born largely of their own mismanagement. >>> Fear of the pandemic, of economic disruption, of war, of climate change - >>> and maybe most of all, fear of the "return of the state" that's >>> more-or-less required by all that. But you put your finger on something >>> else, which is that these populist (and yet usually upper class) >>> politicians have to go on *pretending* to believe in their old conservative >>> lines about lowering taxes and shrinking government. Where will the >>> pretence lead them? Right now BoJo is trying to save his political ass by >>> exploiting the fear of war, and more, the nationalist pride of militarism - >>> which would be the logical supplement to the old conservative lines. In >>> fact he's pretty much openly claiming a military role for post-Brexit >>> "Global Britain." >>> >>> >>> >>> How do you see this latest development? Is it going to work? Could >>> warmongering nationalism be the new rhetorical resource of the right, >>> beyond Johnson? Or is this just his last desperate gambit on the way out? >>> >>> >>> >>>> From my viewpoint it is sickening to see this kind of political theater >>>> played in the face of genuinely dangerous situations. >>> >>> >>> >>> best, Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> Rory Stuart, one of the old-style Tories purged by Johnson and Cummings has >>> created a fabulous taxonomy to illustrate Johnson?s gifts ?as the most >>> accomplished liar in British public life ?perhaps the best liar ever to >>> serve as prime minister,? >>> >>> >>> >>> ?He has? according to Stuart ?mastered the use of error, omission, >>> exaggeration, diminution, equivocation and flat denial. He has perfected >>> casuistry, circumlocution, false equivalence and false analogy. He is >>> equally adept at the ironic jest, the fib and the grand lie; the weasel >>> word and the half-truth; the hyperbolic lie, the obvious lie, and the >>> bullshit lie ? which may inadvertently be true.? >>> >>> >>> >>> But despite all of this it is just about possible to argue that Johnson has >>> read the runes better than many other Tories and that much of the weirdness >>> of UK politics is to some extent froth. His administration is perhaps less >>> of an outlier than it appears. He is a man of few fixed ideological beliefs >>> which is how (like Merkle) he has held together a coalition with >>> contradictory ideologies.. The ?greased piglet? is hard to pin down. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Like many countries and regions, Johnson has had to respond to the biggest >>> change brought about by the pandemic which has been to accelerate a shift >>> in favour of a greater role for the state. Including the nation state in >>> part because of the pandemic pressure to close boarders. Unlike other >>> Tories Johnson is at ease with this along with other aspects of an >>> interventionist state, despite frequently pretending otherwise.. The return >>> of the nation state is part of what is becoming a more geo-politically >>> charged world which includes a new awareness of the entanglement of supply >>> chain pressures with questions of security and risk (e.g. Russian >>> pipeline). The newly empowered state is also a consequence of the >>> eye-watering amount of borrowing required to keep our economies from >>> flat-lining. So even for Tories on the right of the party any return to the >>> old fiscal narrative will be pretty much impossible. And Johnson has been >>> quicker to recognise this than other Tories. Despite Thatcherite n >>> ostalgia there can be no going back to the Cameron Osbourne response to the >>> 2008 crisis. Johnson?s conservatism recognises that there can be no return >>> to small state with low taxes conservatism. His claims to NetZero ambitions >>> means that world has gone..(But of course he often has to pretend >>> otherwise) The post-covid mad Johnsonian UK has the appearance of a >>> hyper-weird outlier. But wipe the froth of the Johnson Cappuccino and he >>> maybe less of an outlier than it first appears. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> David Garcia >>> >>> >>> >>> -- next part -- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> <http://mx.kein.org/pipermail/nettime-l/attachments/20220212/3af433f1/attachment-0001.html> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> # distributed via : no commercial use without permission >>> #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >>> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >>> # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >>> >>> End of nettime-l Digest, Vol 173, Issue 13 >>> ** >> # distributed via : no commercial use without permission >> #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >> # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org >> # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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o > serve as prime minister,? > > > > ?He has? according to Stuart ?mastered the use of error, omission, > exaggeration, diminution, equivocation and flat denial. He has perfected > casuistry, circumlocution, false equivalence and false analogy. He is > equally adept at the ironic jest, the fib and the grand lie; the weasel > word and the half-truth; the hyperbolic lie, the obvious lie, and the > bullshit lie ? which may inadvertently be true.? > > > > But despite all of this it is just about possible to argue that Johnson > has read the runes better than many other Tories and that much of the > weirdness of UK politics is to some extent froth. His administration is > perhaps less of an outlier than it appears. He is a man of few fixed > ideological beliefs which is how (like Merkle) he has held together a > coalition with contradictory ideologies.. The ?greased piglet? is hard to > pin down. > > > > > > > > Like many countries and regions, Johnson has had to respond to the biggest > change brought about by the pandemic which has been to accelerate a shift > in favour of a greater role for the state. Including the nation state in > part because of the pandemic pressure to close boarders. Unlike other > Tories Johnson is at ease with this along with other aspects of an > interventionist state, despite frequently pretending otherwise.. The return > of the nation state is part of what is becoming a more geo-politically > charged world which includes a new awareness of the entanglement of supply > chain pressures with questions of security and risk (e.g. Russian > pipeline). The newly empowered state is also a consequence of the > eye-watering amount of borrowing required to keep our economies from > flat-lining. So even for Tories on the right of the party any return to the > old fiscal narrative will be pretty much impossible. And Johnson has been > quicker to recognise this than other Tories. Despite Thatcherite n > ostalgia there can be no going back to the Cameron Osbourne response to > the 2008 crisis. Johnson?s conservatism recognises that there can be no > return to small state with low taxes conservatism. His claims to NetZero > ambitions means that world has gone..(But of course he often has to pretend > otherwise) The post-covid mad Johnsonian UK has the appearance of a > hyper-weird outlier. But wipe the froth of the Johnson Cappuccino and he > maybe less of an outlier than it first appears. > > > > > > > > David Garcia > > > > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mx.kein.org/pipermail/nettime-l/attachments/20220212/3af433f1/attachment-0001.html > > > > -- > > # distributed via : no commercial use without permission > #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > > End of nettime-l Digest, Vol 173, Issue 13 > ** > > # distributed via : no commercial use without permission > #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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part of what is becoming a more geo-politically charged world which > includes a new awareness of the entanglement of supply chain pressures with > questions of security and risk (e.g. Russian pipeline). The newly empowered > state is also a consequence of the eye-watering amount of borrowing required > to keep our economies from flat-lining. So even for Tories on the right of > the party any return to the old fiscal narrative will be pretty much > impossible. And Johnson has been quicker to recognise this than other Tories. > Despite Thatcherite n > ostalgia there can be no going back to the Cameron Osbourne response to the > 2008 crisis. Johnson?s conservatism recognises that there can be no return > to small state with low taxes conservatism. His claims to NetZero ambitions > means that world has gone..(But of course he often has to pretend otherwise) > The post-covid mad Johnsonian UK has the appearance of a hyper-weird outlier. > But wipe the froth of the Johnson Cappuccino and he maybe less of an outlier > than it first appears. > > > > > > > > David Garcia > > > > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mx.kein.org/pipermail/nettime-l/attachments/20220212/3af433f1/attachment-0001.html> > > -- > > # distributed via : no commercial use without permission > #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > > End of nettime-l Digest, Vol 173, Issue 13 > ** # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
