tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5563240239769995192..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: ROLLING MY TUBRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-30035579810916744622018-07-23T16:09:40.502-04:002018-07-23T16:09:40.502-04:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzt7JvsYIuIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzt7JvsYIuIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-51931318850648061932018-07-23T16:02:59.313-04:002018-07-23T16:02:59.313-04:00Corey Robin on "Russian and the Left"
c...Corey Robin on "Russian and the Left"<br /><br />coreyrobin.com/2018/07/23/the-question-of-russia-and-the-left-a-response-to-ryan-cooper/s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-18612176642144761352018-07-23T14:34:41.597-04:002018-07-23T14:34:41.597-04:00Indeed. While others are noble enough, patient en...Indeed. While others are noble enough, patient enough, public-minded enough graciously to share with us their own anxiety relieving actions which serve however minutely to further the potential common weal (if you appreciate the irony this word might evoke).decesserohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728040622869181242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-28844826829227202822018-07-23T14:32:14.772-04:002018-07-23T14:32:14.772-04:00It certainly sounds promising.It certainly sounds promising.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-88179211529305495642018-07-23T14:22:10.403-04:002018-07-23T14:22:10.403-04:00I guess people relieve their anxieties in differen...I guess people relieve their anxieties in different ways. Some might find the legal novel "Necessity" by D.W. Buffa (who studied, so the dust jacket says, under Leo Strauss at Chicago) remedial. Th story begins with a Californian US Senator killing a US President on Air Force One at SFO. The President is described as a narcissist, a would-be tyrant, treasonous, . . . I've just started reading it so I don't know how the courtroom and other drama works out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-49298739598964537612018-07-23T12:35:47.863-04:002018-07-23T12:35:47.863-04:00I thought I was making myself perfectly clear, but...I thought I was making myself perfectly clear, but apparently not. I was not arguing for one sort of action rather than another, and certainly not for action AS OPPOSED TO thought!! I was trying, gracefully, to express the depth of my anxiety and fear, and the momentary relief I obtained from doing something, anything, that might in a tiny way make SOME difference in making things marginally better. I could not have been more clear if I had had a T-shirt made with the message or, God help me, learned how to tweet. Is there something about blogging that destroys communication?Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-82900876474333090982018-07-23T10:54:43.223-04:002018-07-23T10:54:43.223-04:00All thought, no action
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All action, no though...All thought, no action<br /><br />vs.<br /><br />All action, no thought<br /><br />I actually always thought that when Marx wrote the passage you quoted he was actually urging that genuine thought and genuine action necessarily went hand in hand. Besides, didn't he spend an inordinate amount of time in the rotunda of the British museum/library trying to figure out how to undertake and encourage the right kind of action? Even in the present moment, maybe it just isn't so evident what the right kind of action may be, no matter that some are insistent they know what the right action is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-52755338309003264282018-07-23T03:32:53.060-04:002018-07-23T03:32:53.060-04:00Speaking of campaigns, the fear of leftists making...Speaking of campaigns, the fear of leftists making gains within the Democratic Party is shared by establishment figures of both parties: here's St. Comey:<br /><br />"Democrats, please, please don’t lose your minds and rush to the socialist left. This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership."<br /><br />Sensible, balanced,ethical leadership means ignoring the human catastrophes unfolding in Yemen and Palestine, the electoral collaboration with Israelis, the still growing inequality in the U.S. and the policies that cause it.Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-455151714844286382018-07-22T21:04:22.358-04:002018-07-22T21:04:22.358-04:00I'm not going to argue that your political str...I'm not going to argue that your political strategy is wrong, but it does seem strange that you quote Karl Marx to support it, because I sincerely doubt that Marx's idea of what it means to change the world involves supporting mainstream Democrats. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-2864130018201629062018-07-22T17:38:42.703-04:002018-07-22T17:38:42.703-04:00Bravo! Each nudge you give the world in the right ...Bravo! Each nudge you give the world in the right direction, something or someone pushes back. You sound like a democratic socialist- I guess now isn't the time for Revolution- it's the time for political action one trench at a timeHowiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474061778220524205noreply@blogger.com