“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
I like TIK's videos. He has one that is around 5 hours long on the same subject matter. Very methodical, somewhat repetitious takedown comparing class socialism (Marx) with race socialism (Hitler). I'd love to see his take on George Fitzhugh, but American history with slavery might be outside his wheelhouse.
From what I've read of Lacan (which isn't much) someone did skim the topic of mereological nihilism as a part of Lacan's thinking (pun unintended) but I guess I don't quite grasp the "other parts." To me it seems like a mash-up of several disciplines within a framework that doesn't quite become seamless.
I personally can't read or understand Lacan directly. I have to get the filtered version, through Zizek. There's a good store of it at Lacanian Ink, if you're ever so inclined.
I'm getting an Immanuel Velikovsky vibe (doesn't know what he's talking about but talks about it anyway) from descriptions / critiques of Lacan's work. Chomsky calls him a "conscious charlatan." I suspect the draw is the same as Carl Sagan savaging Velikovsky... It created more Velikovsky readers than it should have.
I think Lacan's problem was that he was just an asshole... didn't matter whether it was a professional or personal relationship, he was an asshole either way.
Heh. I've been watching the Jimmy Dore / Andrew Mate / Glenn Greenwald vs. Cenk Yugur / Ana Kasparian / Sam Seder incivil war on the left side of YouTube for around a month now.
Heh. I've been watching the Jimmy Dore / Andrew Mate / Glenn Greenwald vs. Cenk Yugur / Ana Kasparian / Sam Seder incivil war on the left side of YouTube for around a month now.
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Long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said... What a fine secretary of Health and Human Services you'd be, I think you'll do...
Although it probably became a "gee your hair smells terrific" commercial
More related to the video... Reminds me of mereological nihilism.
"If one is not, then nothing is" Plato, "Parmenides"
btw- You might get a kick out of this... on the old "NAZI's aren't socialists" theme.
I like TIK's videos. He has one that is around 5 hours long on the same subject matter. Very methodical, somewhat repetitious takedown comparing class socialism (Marx) with race socialism (Hitler). I'd love to see his take on George Fitzhugh, but American history with slavery might be outside his wheelhouse.
From what I've read of Lacan (which isn't much) someone did skim the topic of mereological nihilism as a part of Lacan's thinking (pun unintended) but I guess I don't quite grasp the "other parts." To me it seems like a mash-up of several disciplines within a framework that doesn't quite become seamless.
"how many trees does it take to make a forest?"
I personally can't read or understand Lacan directly. I have to get the filtered version, through Zizek. There's a good store of it at Lacanian Ink, if you're ever so inclined.
I'm getting an Immanuel Velikovsky vibe (doesn't know what he's talking about but talks about it anyway) from descriptions / critiques of Lacan's work. Chomsky calls him a "conscious charlatan." I suspect the draw is the same as Carl Sagan savaging Velikovsky... It created more Velikovsky readers than it should have.
Chomsky would know a "conscious charlatan" when he saw one lol
I think Lacan's problem was that he was just an asshole... didn't matter whether it was a professional or personal relationship, he was an asshole either way.
Assholes produce a lot of shit...
Speakin' of the Chomster...
Heh. I've been watching the Jimmy Dore / Andrew Mate / Glenn Greenwald vs. Cenk Yugur / Ana Kasparian / Sam Seder incivil war on the left side of YouTube for around a month now.
Heh. I've been watching the Jimmy Dore / Andrew Mate / Glenn Greenwald vs. Cenk Yugur / Ana Kasparian / Sam Seder incivil war on the left side of YouTube for around a month now.
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