[lbo-talk] Conversation with Derrida

[Shane Mage]

>>
>>> On Nov 5, 2009, at 6:56 PM, James Heartfield wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shane writes that the founders 'made absolutely sure that neither  
>>>> the word nor the concept appear in their Constitution and  
>>>> Declaration. Even the Bill of Democratic Rights that they were  
>>>> forced to accept (in words only) includes no mention of democracy'
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but Marx says 'Democracy is the solution to the riddle of  
>>>> every constitution. In it we find the constitution founded on its  
>>>> true ground: real human beings and real people; not merely  
>>>> implicity and in essence, but in existence and in reality. The  
>>>> constitution is thus posited as the people's own creation. The  
>>>> constitution is in appearance what it is in reality: the free  
>>>> creation of man.' Critique of Hegel's Doctrine of the State, in  
>>>> the Penguin Early Writings collection, p 87
>>>>
>>>> In other words, just the act of making the constitution contains  
>>>> the germ of democracy.
>>>
>>> Of course I agree.  That is exactly why I called the "Bill of  
>>> Rights" (first ten amendments) the "Bill of Democratic Rights."   
>>> And why I argue that the proper legal interpretation of the  
>>> Constitution is its *literal* interpretation.
>>>
>>>
>>> Shane Mage
>>>
>>>> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
>>>> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
>>>> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>>>>
>>>> Herakleitos of Ephesos
>>>
>>
>> Shane Mage
>>
>>> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
>>> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
>>> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>>>
>>> Herakleitos of Ephesos
>>
>
> Shane Mage
> Shane Mage
>
>> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
>> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
>> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>>
>> Herakleitos of Ephesos
>

Shane Mage


> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos