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symbioidljOne of the biggest things that bothers me about this past election cycle, is that, even though people were going for John Kerry, how many of you really, really, really actually WANTED John Kerry.
Now the question is(and I find myself asking myself this quite a lot), do you feel that you sold out on principles, and in return gained absolutely nothing?
Also, another thing that I noticed, and had a bit of anamnesis(the process of "unforgetting"), is that the majority of Americans, and that includes most Democrats, are Nationalists, even if they're international in approach. Yes, I believe in a sort of internationalism, but I believe in an "inter-bioregional federation" model. I think we need to break down the size of our human political systems. The Urban Archipelago is both wrong and right... I think the left in America had really start to push for real, true authentic control of our communities. We need to get rid of our baggage of "States-rights" issues. We need to formulate a real alternative. And we need to push for it as hard as we can... We need de-centralization. The left likes the National(I won't call it Federal, because it's not really fucking Federal, IMO) Government, because it enforces civil rights. But I'm beginning to think that we need to adjust our approach, because we seem to forget that power is corrupt. Even if it's in our favor. I would rather it be in my side, but ultimately, I believe in decentralization. Not complete decentralization. I can't go as far as Deleuze and Guattari and talk about the "rhizome" as being better than some sort of branch nodular structure... I would say, however, that instead of a branch, it's more like intereference patterns. Waves begin to resonate, and cause larger feedback processes, which are reinforced and become stronger. The branch metaphor, as beautiful, and self-similar as it is, is still some centralized system, from which authority goes from top to bottom, center to periphery.
We need these organic models which derive from the bottom-up. All our institutions only exist because we believe in their legitimacy. Enough people believe in this illusion, that it perpetuates itself. Ultimately, I think we need to shift our goal to dissolving those bonds of perception that ties us to this system of decay. We need to call upon the powers of Shiva as destroyer to bring us the abilities to destroy our world.
I hate most new-age thought, but I do believe this: If you don't imagine it, it will never be done. That's why I'm not really fond of pure materialists/realists. We need both dreamers and builders. The best of humanity is both. We need to envision the world we wish to create. Right now we're stranded. They have the upper hand. You play into it when you start to talk about the USA! I don't have a problem with appreciating the limited liberties I have(which admittedly is a LOT better than many places in the world), but I don't want to ever get worked up into a frenzy about how "free" we are.
Here's one hint: Freedom is a state of mind. Our mind is corrupted by a media pollution that rots the electronic mind, our collective unconscious. We have become so subservient, so beaten-down into submission, and that's fine if your a masochist, but I'm not... OK, I think we all are in some degree, some more than others. "We ain't askin' nigga, we takin' it." (a la Dr. Dre)
I refuse to let them suck my soul. I have resisted ever since I was a child, and I'll be fucking DAMNED if I let them take it now. I will be free, and I will create my world as I want it. And I will rise above this bullshit. And I WILL work towards a brighter tomorrow.
We need to stop looking at the Daddy government, because that's all it will ever be. You want the state? You fuckin' got it. Because that's what it will devolve into. Why do you think it's called state? The same root as Static... Stasis. Still, monolithic, permanent, like a stone, enduring much. It is only through the years of decay, and the gentle power of water that can wash away at the stone, make it small again. The state exists to serve the state. That is all. And the pathetic, wretched cells that make up the state continue to pursue their own gain, at the expense of the social organism, which the state is supposed to, in theory, represent. They are a cancer, and the state itself, is the bone marrow that feeds it. The core of the skeletal structure which is like a coral-reef, aggregating all around it, assimilating power for itself. This is why John Kerry and George Bush will never fix anything for you. They both serve not you, but their state, their system which continues to exploit humanity for ever cheaper prices, cheaper wages, and ever fatter profits.
MAXIMIZE MAXIMIZE MAXIMIZE
And while I think it's great that there are some stores that are trying to give employees better rights and such, I still find the fact that their locked into the capitalist mode extremely revolting.
Whatever we do at this point in the game to rectify the situation as it needs to be fixed, is going to be painful.
Now the question is(and I find myself asking myself this quite a lot), do you feel that you sold out on principles, and in return gained absolutely nothing?
Also, another thing that I noticed, and had a bit of anamnesis(the process of "unforgetting"), is that the majority of Americans, and that includes most Democrats, are Nationalists, even if they're international in approach. Yes, I believe in a sort of internationalism, but I believe in an "inter-bioregional federation" model. I think we need to break down the size of our human political systems. The Urban Archipelago is both wrong and right... I think the left in America had really start to push for real, true authentic control of our communities. We need to get rid of our baggage of "States-rights" issues. We need to formulate a real alternative. And we need to push for it as hard as we can... We need de-centralization. The left likes the National(I won't call it Federal, because it's not really fucking Federal, IMO) Government, because it enforces civil rights. But I'm beginning to think that we need to adjust our approach, because we seem to forget that power is corrupt. Even if it's in our favor. I would rather it be in my side, but ultimately, I believe in decentralization. Not complete decentralization. I can't go as far as Deleuze and Guattari and talk about the "rhizome" as being better than some sort of branch nodular structure... I would say, however, that instead of a branch, it's more like intereference patterns. Waves begin to resonate, and cause larger feedback processes, which are reinforced and become stronger. The branch metaphor, as beautiful, and self-similar as it is, is still some centralized system, from which authority goes from top to bottom, center to periphery.
We need these organic models which derive from the bottom-up. All our institutions only exist because we believe in their legitimacy. Enough people believe in this illusion, that it perpetuates itself. Ultimately, I think we need to shift our goal to dissolving those bonds of perception that ties us to this system of decay. We need to call upon the powers of Shiva as destroyer to bring us the abilities to destroy our world.
I hate most new-age thought, but I do believe this: If you don't imagine it, it will never be done. That's why I'm not really fond of pure materialists/realists. We need both dreamers and builders. The best of humanity is both. We need to envision the world we wish to create. Right now we're stranded. They have the upper hand. You play into it when you start to talk about the USA! I don't have a problem with appreciating the limited liberties I have(which admittedly is a LOT better than many places in the world), but I don't want to ever get worked up into a frenzy about how "free" we are.
Here's one hint: Freedom is a state of mind. Our mind is corrupted by a media pollution that rots the electronic mind, our collective unconscious. We have become so subservient, so beaten-down into submission, and that's fine if your a masochist, but I'm not... OK, I think we all are in some degree, some more than others. "We ain't askin' nigga, we takin' it." (a la Dr. Dre)
I refuse to let them suck my soul. I have resisted ever since I was a child, and I'll be fucking DAMNED if I let them take it now. I will be free, and I will create my world as I want it. And I will rise above this bullshit. And I WILL work towards a brighter tomorrow.
We need to stop looking at the Daddy government, because that's all it will ever be. You want the state? You fuckin' got it. Because that's what it will devolve into. Why do you think it's called state? The same root as Static... Stasis. Still, monolithic, permanent, like a stone, enduring much. It is only through the years of decay, and the gentle power of water that can wash away at the stone, make it small again. The state exists to serve the state. That is all. And the pathetic, wretched cells that make up the state continue to pursue their own gain, at the expense of the social organism, which the state is supposed to, in theory, represent. They are a cancer, and the state itself, is the bone marrow that feeds it. The core of the skeletal structure which is like a coral-reef, aggregating all around it, assimilating power for itself. This is why John Kerry and George Bush will never fix anything for you. They both serve not you, but their state, their system which continues to exploit humanity for ever cheaper prices, cheaper wages, and ever fatter profits.
MAXIMIZE MAXIMIZE MAXIMIZE
And while I think it's great that there are some stores that are trying to give employees better rights and such, I still find the fact that their locked into the capitalist mode extremely revolting.
Whatever we do at this point in the game to rectify the situation as it needs to be fixed, is going to be painful.
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Date: 2004-11-18 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-11-18 04:20 pm (UTC)But you just called me a materialist a few weeks ago. ;_;
I liked Kerry and would have voted for him regardless, but I do believe it's dumber to vote against someone, than to vote for someone. Change doesn't happen overnight, and it never will if people continue to perpetuate the two party machine. It takes time and patience.