On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Ken Hanly wrote: > You say that the Phallus is the symbol of authority not the authority itself > You then say that this is analogous to bank credit. But how is bank > credit symbolic? Bank credit is a reality. A *mediated* reality. It's a claim on some future profit or revenue, somewhere. That's why debts can be bought and sold, like most anything else; the identity of a given amount of debt isn't a use-value, like the way gold is shiny and metallic, it's based on *other* identities (that of the credit markets, stock markets, etc.). > And what is resisting identity? Or > resisting Capital through resisting it? Not believing anything you see on CNN. It works for me. -- Dennis
