On 05/05/2012 01:56 PM, Nicholas Knouf wrote:
How does one take a principled stand against the repugnant policies
of the Koch Bros., while also holding out the possibility that their
philanthropic actions just_might_ cause some positive change in the
world?
I reckon it's close to impossible.
Hi,
more semantic analysis
I know this began as an anarchist mailing list but
let's be honest about power and its sources, okay?
Apart from the fact that I doubt that nettime ever was anarchist in
any clear-cut way, although it always had an anarchistic streak, I
find that phrase 'let's
Dear Nettime:
While the rest of the American left was out on May Day celebrating, trying
to make something happen, or block business as usual, Occupy Madison marked
the day by quietly closing down the encampment they¹d held for months. The
fact that this development meant practically nothing to
from Michael Edwards:
You will probably all know (while now we wait for crucial Greek, French
etc elections) that we had some local elections in UK this week. The
conservative and 'liberal-democrat' parties which make up the current
national coalition government did very badly, Labour (even
This whole chain is increasingly silly. Because while Brian and others
complain about things like...
When people start defending the Koch borthers, or the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, or privatized universities and museums
because they're excellent and they have such good art, I admit it,
Brian:
If my dear friend Mark Stahlman were right, that is, if life in
democratic societies were always and ever simply the rule of
the powerful minority over the powerless majority, then another
consequence must necessarily ensue.
Thanks
Armin:
I find that phrase 'let's be honest' highly problematic
and just like 'complex' it serves a certain purpose of
cutting discussions short.
Not my intent at all. In fact, if you look at my let's be honest
comment in context (i.e. the paragraph you took it from), you will see that
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Brian, and others,
Admire is a strong word. Admiration is for me something that happens
only rarely. No, Brian, and others who might agree with his
characterization of me, I do not admire Carnegie, Mellon, Rockefeller,
Koch, Olin, or others. Their
The phrase Let's be honest has strong echoes of what the relatively
non-political Barthes says about Let's be frank…: it opens the door to
stupidity or worse: to the naturalization of opinion as fact, I.e. reification.
On May 6, 2012, at 2:59 AM, Armin Medosch ar...@easynet.co.uk wrote:
Hey Keith, good to hear from you.
On 05/06/2012 05:50 AM, Keith Hart wrote:
The first thing that stands out to me is that you identify your own
role with that of a critic. There are other ways of engaging society
and perhaps we should start with that. Which critics in history do
you think made
jep... it's a circus ... ur in the center ring ... or maybe not ... wait,
where's the tent?
This whole chain is increasingly silly. Because while Brian and others
complain about things like...
well if you want real silliness, just wait until the energy sources that have
been driving the
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