[PEN-L:20160] RE: What is to be done about Everything?

jean-christophe helary helary at niji.or.jp
Fri Nov 30 07:00:34 PST 2001


<Gar Lipow>-----
> well. To refuse to imagine some positive alternative is not a
> revolutionary defeatist, nor a pacifist position. It is not pessimism of
> the intellect, optimism of the will. It is despair, an endless black
> hole, a failure of the imagination.

no it is not. it is only accepting the reality that fantasising about 'being in charge' is only fantasising. while accepting the fact that you are _not_ in charge of anything gives you something on where to stand. then you can start thinking about how to deal with the guys in charge.

jc helary



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