[lbo-talk] "tool" as insult?

[andie_nachgeborenen]

Yeah, I was thinking of the Jesuits when I wrote that, but qualification would have spoiled the aphoristic character of my response. Other people may not share this ideology, or ethic, but just because some of us do, doesn't mean we are wrong, or that they are right. Self delusion about being an Instrument of History, God, Nation, Party, or Volk strikes me as a way for the self-righteous to avoid responsibility and commit crimes with a clear conscience despite dirty hands.

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On Sep 12, 2012, at 6:10 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Andie: "Tools are good to have but not to be. A tool is used and lacks
> agency of its own. That is not a virtue in a human being."
> 
> [WS:] It is true only within the framework of individualistic
> ideology, for  which, to follow on Doug's remark, humanity stops at
> the end of one's dick .  Outside that ideology, people may pride
> themselves in being tools or instruments of some greater powers - be
> it deity, history, nation, popular will, or organization.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Wojtek
> 
> "An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."
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