Revolution?

[hoov]

> >> I'll confess that I find revolution almost inconceivable in any First World
> >> country.
> >> Doug
> >
> >gee Doug, isn't this the kind of thing that starts someone down the road
> >to neo-conservatism or the 'socialism' of the *Dissent* crowd at least.
> >..maybe hanging with the *Bad Subjects* folks - and their knowingly
> >playful and self-reflexive readings - can prevent that from happening..
> >.and what was it that Gramsci said about 'pessimism of the intellect,
> >optimism of the will?' (I think someone said it before G but I can't
> >remember who it was)...Michael Hoover
> 
> Well can you imagine it Michael? I'm hot to be persuaded.
> I find capitalism so appalling in so many ways that I could more easily
> imagine revolution than myself embracing neoconservatism or Dissentary
> politics. Besides, isn't it the case that as Bad Subjects' David Hawkes
> says, revolutions often come as a surprise?
> 
> Doug

another lister (don't recall who it was) admonished me a bit for the
Gramsci...guess I should have included one of those appalling smiley
faces...tone doesn't travel well in cybersapce, must be the flatness 
of the screen...not sure I agree with Hawkes, think that rebellions 
tend to be unexpected but the distinction I make between rebellion
and revolution based on the immediacy of the former may be semantic
difference and not supportable otherwise...for the record, I
almost opened previous post with 'I'm tempted to agree with you
Doug, but...'

Michael in Dislando where the slogan 'all power to the imagination'
has been turned upside down...commodities are the opium of the
people...