Dear Keith, Dear Brian and All
i was part of the 80s antinuclear/ peace movement (my first political
experience) - we even thought it was us that brought the wall down. in
retrospect it achieved little (ok nuclear energy was phased out after
chernobyl), since reagan's missiles bankrupted the
Hi Felix,
Thanks for making a response to my overlong post.
Environmentalism is a form of what Durkheim called "natural
religion" for which Australian totemism is the archetype and about
as intellectually credible (the aborigines worship society in the
symbolic form of animals in particular
On 2017-06-03 22:08, Keith Hart wrote:
> Brian, that the US is all washed up again, with Germany and China
> the likely replacement and Felix's notion that the last six months
> have been decisive in some way.
Dear Keith,
thank you for your structural long-term view. Very sobering. What
Hi Brian,
There were two threads on this topic and I meant my comment to speak
to both of them. The main one launched by Alex and added to lately
by you and Felix was basically about geopolitics seen in the context
of recent developments. Morlock and Patrice brought up the narrower
issue of
(I do not share a derogatory notion of occupation per se.) The diplomats
who supported what you call occupation had their strings cut. The
Chancellor power game is that audiences may read into statements whatever
they like to, or what suits their views. Policy is incoherent but
afterwards it will
On 06/02/2017 03:39 AM, Keith Hart wrote:
It is foolish to bracket the US and Russia together, even
rhetorically, just because right now they share autocratic leaders
of unequal weight. The American empire, for all its recent political
mismanagement, is alive and strong: with its share of the
On 2017-06-01 19:13, Morlock Elloi wrote:
> The evolution of the attitude towards nuclear war from terrible
> (1946+) through unthinkable (1970s) into impossible (2000+) is a
> testament to the power of Kool Aid. While the planet was continuously
> and uninterruptedly ruled based on the military
The evolution of the attitude towards nuclear war from terrible
(1946+) through unthinkable (1970s) into impossible (2000+) is a
testament to the power of Kool Aid. While the planet was continuously
and uninterruptedly ruled based on the military power balances alone,
the public discourse
One has to look at the foundations of the current European
relationships, beyond theatrical posturing and politbabble:
Germany: 0 nukes
UK: 215 nukes (5 operational)
France: 300 nukes
USA:6800 nukes
Russia: 7000 nukes
Germany was and is effectively occupied after it lost the war,
