Fighting Words

Both politics and philosophy have taught us that not only are sticks and stones going to hurt like a bitch, but that a significant portion of what constitutes politics involves fighting words- political combat between the symbol using creatures called humans centers on identity, subjects and rhetoric. And so, the double move: this may be a place to both fight with words and to fight the words we employ to define the politics we all pretend to be familiar with.

Saturday, May 13, 2006

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"Of course they don't have to wonder for long; clearly the problem is that the people are just no damn good."
-SMBIVA

"In other words: We're not obnoxiously evangelistic, just obnoxiously self-involved. So even if Bush doesn't reflect the real America, and is replaced by someone who does, we'll still be in trouble. At least, we'll be in trouble if much of the problem is indeed, as Sweig argues, the longstanding "near inability of the United States to see its power from the perspective of the powerless." Changing that will require not a leader worthy of the people, but a leader willing to lead the people."
-NYTimes

posted by Assonance Not Apathy at 9:41 AM

1 Comments:

Blogger Duncan said...

If it wasn't about the leader, then what the hell would the Times have to write about?

The other question is 'where do the people get these damn ideas anyways?'

12:44 AM  

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