Re: Thoughts on coups

2020-11-29 Thread d . garcia
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 6:20 PM Sean Cubitt wrote: ‘The unthinkable has to be thought.’ Sean Cubitt ‘An eco-state’ Brian Holmes The wretchedness of Covid has gifted one important good. It is easier to *think the unthinkable* as the unthinkable has already happened. The revelation I’m

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2020-11-26 Thread charlie derr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Fascinating discussion all (though i admit that i've not read every post in this thread to the end (yet -- i do hope to get back and do so, though frankly the truths being revealed make me think my mental health may be more fragile than i previously

Re: Thoughts on coups

2020-11-26 Thread Sean Cubitt
t line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of nettime-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Thoughts on coups (John Young) 2. Re: [EXT] Re: Thoughts on coups (Brian Holmes) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 Nov

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2020-11-25 Thread Brian Holmes
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 6:20 PM Sean Cubitt wrote: The unthinkable has to be thought. > That's exactly it. I like this discussion. It's fascinating how the ideas spring up like mushrooms. I especially like Oliver's call for all the approaches that people might be experimenting with - aesthetic,

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2020-11-25 Thread John Young
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2020-11-25 Thread oliver lerone schultz
y, 25 November 2020 10:29 AM *To:* Sean Cubitt *Cc:* nettime-l@mail.kein.org *Subject:* [EXT] Re: Thoughts on coups * *UoM notice: *External email. Be cautious of links, attachments, or impersonation attempts *

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2020-11-25 Thread Andreas Broeckmann
Sean, Brian, others, thank you for the interesting and engaging contributions. (Some of it gets a bit cryptic since it refers to political discourses that are not immediately apparent, at least to this reader, but that's generally OK for a most-of-the-time lurker.) Sean Cubitt wrote (Nov 24,

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2020-11-25 Thread Eric Kluitenberg
Hi Brian, Sean, > On 25 Nov 2020, at 01:19, Sean Cubitt wrote: > > Eco-socialism yes - but only if the 'social' is rethought - and re-practiced > - no longer exclusively as human: The Commons is a better phrase, common > land, general intellect (including those forms it takes when congealed

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2020-11-24 Thread Sean Cubitt
# From: Brian Holmes Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2020 10:29 AM To: Sean Cubitt Cc: nettime-l@mail.kein.org Subject: [EXT] Re: Thoughts on coups UoM notice: External email. Be cautious of links, attachments, or impersonation attempts On Tue

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2020-11-24 Thread Brian Holmes
lang=en=au# > > -- > > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:58:52 +0100 > From: Felix Stalder > To: nettime-l@mail.kein.org > Subject: Re: Thoughts on coups > Message-ID: <2a74602d-d71a-2175-62ad-29b62760e...@openflows.com> >

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2020-11-24 Thread Sean Cubitt
m/academic/product/anecdotal-evidence-9780190065720?lang=en=au# Message: 1 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:58:52 +0100 From: Felix Stalder To: nettime-l@mail.kein.org Subject: Re: Thoughts on coups Message-ID: <2a74602d-d71a-2175-62ad-29b62760e...@openflows.com> Co

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2020-11-24 Thread Felix Stalder
On 24.11.20 04:14, Brian Holmes wrote: > Here's my two cents: Keynes aimed to save capitalism from itself. Double > down on Keynes, unleash vast new creative energies on the basis of fiat > money, and maybe, instead of sapping capital's foundations, we can push it > over the top into

Re: Thoughts on coups

2020-11-23 Thread Brian Holmes
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 8:23 PM Max Herman wrote: > > > What if socialism has also won the Cold War, i.e. a system has prevailed > in which periodic bubbles are cushioned by ever-replenishing state > bailouts? > Toni Negri had this idea quite a while ago, in a text that more or less launched

Thoughts on coups

2020-11-23 Thread Max Herman
Hi all, Can we say that coups have now become quantum, both happening and not happening at the same time in a cloud of probability? Classical Marxism, if I am correct, predicted that capitalism would inevitably collapse and disappear to be replaced by a system in which the workers control