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Quote:Take corporatism: (Bill) Clinton, Blair, Schröder, Obama. These social democratic leaders made a pact with the devil: To promote their left-ideological agenda of internationalism (abolishment of the nation state to get it ultimately replaced by a one world central government, plus the total ethic mix of people), they dealt hand in glove with the mightiest multinational companies and the institutions who represent the rules-based international order. Both with the same goal: A multi-ethic, borderless world as undemocratic as the EU or China. One government, one policy, one currency, total control.
At the risk of alienating others here, you should know that you'll get no argument from me about anything in that paragraph, with the possible exception of the word 'left'.
More later…
Thanks ThorEgil.
Guess you weren't here?
I wonder why the collaboration waa short-lived – though I'm personally very happy with the job done by Reine Fiske.
Some nice Sunday afternoon listening I found on Mixcloud (as the storms rage outside):
A playlist to intrigue some members here…
Wake Up at the Other End of the Universe 7/1/20
Motorpsycho : The Light Fantastic (The Light Fantastic) Motorpsycho Archives
Colour Haze : The Real (We Are) Elektrohasch
Møster! : Bandha (When You Cut into the Present) Hubro
Oulu Space Jam Collective : Sax Offender (Drug Rings of Saturn) Adansonia
The Janitors : Do It Again (Drone Head) Cardinal Fuzz
The Heads : Dissonaut (At Last!) Rooster Rock
Masters of Reality : The Blue Garden (Flak’n’Flight) Brownhouse
Wishbone Ash : The Pilgrim (Live) (Live from Memphis)
I was lucky enough to see Wishbone Ash at Reading Festival 1981. I look at the line-up for those three days now and wish I had Stewie Griffin's time machine handy!
I am not entirely trusting of Chomsky. He is very clever, and very persuasive, and a number of things he says make a lot of sense. However, I wonder whether he himself is, in a way, an example of what he ascribes to other individuals and institutions when he accuses them of occupying a position which controls opposition and essentially says "this far and no further".
Do I think we should be looking further to the left than Chomsky? Absolutely not. That, I believe, really is dangerous territory. I question, anyway, the whole left/right paradigm. The kind of limitation I am coming to suspect that Chomsky represents (and, bear with me, because this is thinking-in-progress on my part) is one that keeps us in what I'll call the mainstream mindset (although I'm not very satisfied by that term).
Have a look at how he addresses – or fails to address – the issue of the (privately-owned) Federal Reserve and the debt-based money system. (As for 9/11 (yup, I brought it up!), he won't go near it.)
There are plenty coming from the right as well as the left who can see there is something very wrong. I would suggest that, for a section on the left, Chomsky is doing a similar deceptive disservice to that Trump is doing to a section on the right.
But I could be wrong on both counts.
Bought both volumes recently. Currently playing vol. 2 (with Reine Fiske) on a loop.
Highly, highly recommended (in case anyone is deliberating).
Also, this is worth a look – excellent quality excerpt of them live at Ronnie Scott's – shame it's only 3:48:
There must be more where that came from!
I had to come back and say this.
How the F%8# did that Vortex Surfer not get on???
That's just destroyed me!
Reason is a very important tool, of course, albeit limited by one's capacity for reason. However, even if one had a perfect capacity for reason – untroubled by those pesky feelings – one would still only be capable of reasoning about that concerning which one had knowledge. Now, if you are only open to knowledge from sources which your reason, in the context of your sum of knowledge, allows to exist, I would say that you are not getting the whole picture.
Ooh! Something that really shows Kenneth in full flight, please ffbernie! (Was KK ever appreciated enough?)
Thanks for the link. Wow! Just listen to what Kenneth is doing 23 minutes in. Absolutely outstanding!
Yeah, I had a look back. Didn't realize what I'd stepped into there! Interesting he dropped Rand. I'll have to see if I can find out why.
Seconded. Clearly a very talented drummer (if a little flashy for my tastes). The three members of Rush have dealt with the situation over the last three or four years with dignity. Have to say, though, and I'm probably slow on the uptake here, I've only just discovered his lyrics were influenced by Ayn Rand. Not so cool. Nevertheless, RIP.
