Zizek's Lenin

[Carl Remick]

I have to side with Carrol on this one.  I think this "rah, rah, longevity" 
business gets you nowhere.  One of the things I like about _Brave New World_ 
is how neatly Huxley balances the nightmarishness of primitive society with 
that of technological society; both modes of living are equally awful but in 
different ways.  My own view of the fruits of capitalist scientific 
achievement is that they have made possible lives that are nasty, brutish 
... and long.

Carl


>From: "Chris Kromm" <ckromm at mindspring.com>
>
>But right on target.
>CK
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>Subject: Re: Zizek's Lenin
>
> >
> > Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> > > But there was this time in the ur-past, when work was unalienated,
> > > love was rampant, and everyone was happy all the time, even if you
> > > were lucky to hit 35.
> >
> > This odd compulsion to fantasize unreal opponents at whose
> > expense one can engage in grade-school irony mystifies me.
> > It's lacking in dignity.
> >
> > Carrol

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