tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post4486716972251892647..comments2024-03-29T03:38:13.003-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: Nikolai Gogol, "The Nose"-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-77023147745929917382015-06-08T09:08:16.069-04:002015-06-08T09:08:16.069-04:00Starbucks really is a great example: all that repl...Starbucks really is a great example: all that replicated 'cosiness'! That really takes some 'global' cynicism. I bet they have a manual the size of a telephone directory to achieve that 'global bohemian' look too!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-76902959183444892532015-06-07T17:13:06.137-04:002015-06-07T17:13:06.137-04:00...unless you drank your Starbucks coffee from a r......unless you drank your Starbucks coffee from a reusable cup, of course. :P<br /><br /><i>Cultural</i> capitalist! Get thee to a <a href="http://politicaltealeaves.blogspot.com/2014/06/maryland-cradle-of-new-cultural.html" rel="nofollow">'B' Corporation!</a> ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-25090892733526144082015-06-07T10:52:40.307-04:002015-06-07T10:52:40.307-04:00A starbucks coffee beats a can of coke, ideologica...A starbucks coffee beats a can of coke, ideologically. But an empty can of coke in a recycling bin trumps both!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-10593544438438349002015-06-06T19:02:43.727-04:002015-06-06T19:02:43.727-04:00No argument, here.No argument, here.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-9062683456370222402015-06-06T18:38:38.272-04:002015-06-06T18:38:38.272-04:00I suppose we're all just a bit over-invested i...<i>I suppose we're all just a bit over-invested in "simplifying" labels.</i><br /><br />You'd have thought that in this 'post-ideological' era we'd have learned to attach less gravity to 'Left/Right'.<br /><br />But this era is more ideological than ever before, I think...Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-10662375018242841722015-06-06T14:02:13.043-04:002015-06-06T14:02:13.043-04:00I suppose we're all just a bit over-invested i...I suppose we're all just a bit over-invested in "simplifying" labels.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-88685223268835130162015-06-06T13:36:42.391-04:002015-06-06T13:36:42.391-04:00Hey, corporations are just "socialism writ sm...Hey, corporations are just "socialism writ small". You don't have to convince me about a lot of muddled thinking being prevalent on both Left AND Right. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-72084251203272250662015-06-06T13:20:27.153-04:002015-06-06T13:20:27.153-04:00Nothing to disagree there. Perhaps one thing to ad...Nothing to disagree there. Perhaps one thing to add. ‘Grass roots’ Conservatives seem prone to vote against their economic interests in the name of ‘Freedom!’. See e.g. ‘the right to work for less’ which is supported by people who don’t understand the issue but believe they have to support the idea because not doing so would be ‘socialistic’.<br /><br />UKIP’s Nigel Farage is in favour of Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-67669422843114705772015-06-06T11:25:33.606-04:002015-06-06T11:25:33.606-04:00...and the underlying "promise" of Ameri......and the underlying "promise" of America was always in her Preamble...<br /><br /><i>We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, <b>and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity</b>, do ordain and establish this Constitution -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-4237634507403010162015-06-06T11:14:39.810-04:002015-06-06T11:14:39.810-04:00It only makes sense when both "products"...It only <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADmX9eMEV9U" rel="nofollow">makes sense</a> when both "products" and "people" have difficulting crossing borders.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-14695162084247428442015-06-06T11:12:47.473-04:002015-06-06T11:12:47.473-04:00Nativism doesn't make much sense when you have...<a href="https://youtu.be/pw3i1X8_qUY" rel="nofollow">Nativism</a> doesn't make much sense when you have open-trade across borders.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-58177639592361755192015-06-06T11:06:22.808-04:002015-06-06T11:06:22.808-04:00As for "who" you are missing on the Righ...As for "who" you are missing on the Right, the much maligned "paleo-conservatives" were "early adopters" of protectionist trade policies. Pat Buchanon ran as a third party candidate in 2000 and briefly joined with the Progressives to run against Bush. I, myself, voted for Ralph Nader in 2000, in an attempt to build a bigger coalition. But Buchanan has since -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-49276192690681438942015-06-06T10:57:58.480-04:002015-06-06T10:57:58.480-04:00You have a valid fear, in that Neoliberalism has a...You have a valid fear, in that Neoliberalism has a long history of co-opting social movements, as we now realize that '68 resulted in an "interpassive" cultural capitalism and pretty effectively split the New and old Left along generational lines.<br /><br />As for the Right, I think that a lot of the old authoritarian and traditionally conservative "Nationalists" are -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-115624306354338932015-06-06T10:33:15.036-04:002015-06-06T10:33:15.036-04:00Thanks for looking that up. Idea for bumper sticke...Thanks for looking that up. Idea for bumper sticker: ‘Zizek Rocks, Maklakov Sucks!’<br /><br />In a recent interview Chris Hedges opined that the ‘reaction’ to neoliberalism could go either way, that a Rightwing ‘revolution’ could also be a possible outcome. In Europe, the rise of various Far Right parties is a concern to me because I think these could be all to easily co-opted (‘bought’) into Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-80743216998475001202015-06-06T08:40:55.388-04:002015-06-06T08:40:55.388-04:00The translation didn't come through in the lin...The translation didn't come through in the link above... but the Maklakov explains his movie in it.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-83414072109715152392015-06-06T08:38:54.055-04:002015-06-06T08:38:54.055-04:00Yes, he did write it.Yes, <a href="http://congeniator.com/zhizhek/" rel="nofollow">he did write it</a>.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-30449544345610801252015-06-06T08:31:09.056-04:002015-06-06T08:31:09.056-04:00Since Zizek's thesis is that the post-modern e...Since Zizek's thesis is that the post-modern era mandates "Enjoyment" and that Superego is "obscene", I would think that the author and Zizek would have much in common, but apparently, not.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-9482936315001658752015-06-06T08:28:20.796-04:002015-06-06T08:28:20.796-04:00I can't find the actual book, which translates...I can't find the actual book, which translates to either "Obscene Enjoyment" or "Obscene Pleasure" depending upon your Russian, but the narrator/author is Andrey Maklakov. I don't know if he wrote <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://congeniator.com/pornografiya-i-politika/&prev=search" rel="nofollow">this</a>, but the '-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-5038862819173062992015-06-06T07:53:11.591-04:002015-06-06T07:53:11.591-04:00Yes it's a four parter. The author wrote a bo...Yes it's a four parter. The author wrote a book... let me see if I can find it. It speaks "volumes" as to his perspective.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-17458532354010015782015-06-05T22:37:52.310-04:002015-06-05T22:37:52.310-04:00Oh and dragging Ron Hubbard into it, that was kind...Oh and dragging Ron Hubbard into it, that was kind of priceless! I wonder whether he was some kind of Soviet symbol of Western/US nuttiness. Not entirely w/o grounds, in a sense...Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-41143308904350137662015-06-05T22:21:16.948-04:002015-06-05T22:21:16.948-04:00They see him as a 'pawn of Authoritarians'...They see him as a 'pawn of Authoritarians'? I didn't watch that vid to the end, so maybe I missed that bit. And there's a part II as well, I'm told.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-1129241222945880242015-06-05T22:15:37.254-04:002015-06-05T22:15:37.254-04:00I don't really know where this Russian need to...I don't really know where this Russian need to demonise old Slavoj comes from. Is he really such a powerful critic of Moscow? On Ukraine/Donbas e.g. he seems rather even handed.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-42721170275505981162015-06-05T19:39:33.056-04:002015-06-05T19:39:33.056-04:00I liked the way that they immersed their "ref...I liked the way that they immersed their "refutation" in cinematic references. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-398109843012128282015-06-05T18:20:51.392-04:002015-06-05T18:20:51.392-04:00It must be great to be a shill for either DC/Bruss...It must be great to be a shill for either DC/Brussels or Moscow. It pays well, you get the accolades (‘attaboy!’), you get to feel Righteous and if you end up believing your own shit, who’ll drag you away from your self-made ‘reality’? A couple of alter-media bloggers? Pfff… just tell’m ‘do you know who I am?’<br /><br />“Zizek is Monster”. Crikey, they haven’t moved on from Soviet propaganda Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-12087105073208052082015-06-05T10:34:37.407-04:002015-06-05T10:34:37.407-04:00ps - What do you think of the 'apparently'...ps - What do you think of the 'apparently' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZeqbvgh10&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">'Old' Russian Critique</a> of Zizek? It's interesting to me... as they see him as a pawn of 'Authoritarians', and so, accuse him of "Narcissism". That must be the worst insult you can make about a self-avowed <i>communist</i>.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.com