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Comment on Identity political powerlessness sucks giant green donkey dong; I am an ideologue about that and I am proud by Mike B)

Mike B) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:49:35 +0000

Political power is the ability to be able to tell someone else what to do and expect that they will do it or else they’ll be in for it….they’ll get what for. Ideology without power remains an abstraction. Sure, we all think in abstractions; but without the content of political power, theoretical abstractions remain empty. Because wealth goes with the ability to hire armed bodies of men & women to carry out your threats, the minority ruling class has political power, even though it is small in number. The OTHERS are many, but divided politically and united as a class to produce wealth for their rulers. Thus, our rulers stay in power and never give us a hint that they’ve done what they have their pundits say, we could never do, organise as a class to produce wealth. Talking heads of the culture industry babble at the OTHERS, keeping them, as much as possible, in a state of thinking of themselves as narrow individuals, with their own special concerns. The only collective sense of ‘power’ they are allowed to entertain is the power of the consumer in the marketplace of commodities. Chicken, beef or turkey, which do you choose?

Comment on real artists by Mike B)

Mike B) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:28:35 +0000

Real artists never die. They just fade away. Just like that General McWhatshisname.

Comment on master baiters by ilestre

ilestre — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:28:49 +0000

From fear.

Comment on not a thesis kinda writer by Chuckie K

Chuckie K — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:32:54 +0000

Even the small citations from the invite and the potential contributors gave me the impression they were thinking of classic strategy responses. Summation > suggestion. Since you don’t belong to the established political career, committed to an organization, reputed commentator club, you face the biggest challenge in responding. Coming at the problem on a tangent. Outside the question is not at all out the question, I think.

Comment on not a thesis kinda writer by shag carpet bomb

shag carpet bomb — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:25:05 +0000

@amber - glad you liked it.

@chuckie - need to rewrite my article so it has a thesis or develops one. problem is: don’t have one. when i conclude with “marx failed. we should too.” i really have zero idea as to what i am trying to say. i think when i started writing all this months ago i started out with this: “i gotta tell ya. i got nothing.”

i’d like to publish that. :)

Comment on not a thesis kinda writer by Chuckie K

Chuckie K — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:15:11 +0000

What brought this on?

Comment on not a thesis kinda writer by Amber Rhea

Amber Rhea — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:24:52 +0000

“tilda and asterisks combo meal” - love it!!

Comment on panic attacks by SnowdropExplodes

SnowdropExplodes — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:37:34 +0000

I’d like to second everything that Amber said.

Having actually been there suffering from depression, I can assure you that understanding it as being an illness or disease, with physiological and neurological causes and effects, was very helpful indeed in enabling me to deal with the emotional dimensions of it (which, as Amber describes, come closer to a deadening and devastating inertia and absence of feeling than anything else). Part of it is being able to say “I know what is happening, I do not need to be afraid of it.” I am deeply suspicious of medication as an approach to mental health issues, and have generally avoided it where I could afford to do so, but I know from personal experience there is a place for it in enabling those who suffer from illnesses such as depression, to take control of their own lives and be able to live them.

Comment on Ocracoke by Amber Rhea

Amber Rhea — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:10:20 +0000

Nice pictures! Looks like a great getaway.

Comment on panic attacks by Amber Rhea

Amber Rhea — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:47:43 +0000

Well, I think this author deserves to be “crucified” for it as well. This is one of the most frustrating as hell points of misunderstanding about mental illness. Depression, anxiety disorder, etc., are not just FEELINGS. The best way I can describe depression, for example, is an ABSENCE of feelings. Inertia. And as for anxiety, I still don’t have the words to describe it accurately. I think it truly is something that if you have not experienced one of these mental illnesses, you just can’t understand it. And I for one am sick and tired of saying this same tired old refrain over and over again and having my experience minimized and rewritten for me.