The Culture War

[luka]

Do you still want to kill corpsey or have you reconsidered?

 

[luka]

Craner Matthew and others are in my ear saying elimiate his life from the grid. Rub out the coordinate points.

 

[version]

Leave Corpsey alone.

 

[version]

You should read that big Harper's piece I posted in The Coming Authoritarianism. It explains the situation pretty well. The gist of it is we're heading back to a similar situation to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the sense that the elite operate in a different economy to the rest of us, one that isn't constrained by borders, much like they did when the East India Company was at its peak. That, coupled with AI and automation, means they can gradually phase out democracy and leave the running of things to machines whilst rendering the rest of us obsolete.

The Silenced Majority, by Rana Dasgupta

Can America still afford democracy?

harpers.org

 

[line b]

The Silenced Majority, by Rana Dasgupta

Can America still afford democracy?

harpers.org

you had an accompanying reading list from the author?

 

[version]

I did. It's on his Twitter.

1. "The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy Of American Empire" (2012) by Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch.
2. "Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization" (2016) by Branko Milanovic.
3. "The Stack: On Software & Sovereignty" (2016) by Benjamin Bratton.
4. "The London Hanged" (1991) by Peter Linebaugh.
5. "The Ashley Cooper Plan: The Founding of Carolina and the Origins of Southern Political Culture" (2016) by Thomas D Wilson.
6. "Globalists: the End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism" (2018) by Quinn Slobodian.

 

[john eden]

Peter Linebaugh (and the Midnight Notes Collective) is great

 

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I never said we should eliminate Corpsey, I said we should terminate Choon of the Day. But maybe it amounts to the same thing.

 

[luka]

I never said we should eliminate Corpsey, I said we should terminate Choon of the Day. But maybe it amounts to the same thing.

I assumed that was code

 

[Mr. Tea]

I assumed that was code

A 'breadcrumb'?

 

[Slothrop]

Restaurant reviews are cancelled:

Food Fight

Pillorying Giles Coren.

www.the-fence.com

 

[version]

Rupert Murdoch's News UK TV channel given approval to launch

Operation is racing against rival GB News to be first on air, with both groups aiming to launch next spring

www.theguardian.com

 

[sus]

 

[version]

Liz Truss is going after Foucault now.

As a comprehensive school student in Leeds in the 1980s, I was struck by the lip service that was paid to equality by the City Council while children from disadvantaged backgrounds were let down.

While we were taught about racism and sexism, there was too little time spent making sure everyone could read and write.

These ideas have their roots in post-modernist philosophy – pioneered by Foucault - that put societal power structures and labels ahead of individuals and their endeavours.

In this school of thought, there is no space for evidence, as there is no objective view – truth and morality are all relative.

 

[Murphy]

Boy Scouts of America accuse Girl Scouts of starting 'war'

The two organisations are caught in a legal battle after the Boy Scouts started recruiting girls.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Murphy]

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[version]

There are some people on Twitter who are very angry about this.

Cadbury's new Creme Egg advert will feature a gay couple kissing

The TV commercial, released for the British chocolate's 50th anniversay, included a real-life same sex couple sharing the treat.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[constant escape]

I continually underestimate the obstinance of these social reactionaries.

 

[luka]

Now people just get outraged and offended because it's their duty as partisans in the struggle. It's not a private personal emotional response

 

[version]

It is a bit weird tbh, but not because it's a gay couple. It's weird because you've got two people eating a creme egg out of each other's mouths. Typical of the Daily Mail to lead with the couple's sexuality.