[ExI] how long will this go on?

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 11 16:42:01 UTC 2020


Any theory that originates in the English department is the very worst sort
of bullshit.  bill w

On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 10:47 AM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I seriously wish I could answer you without making this political, but
> yes, I believe if Biden is elected, and the Ds have control of Congress,
> things may spin out of control very quickly. I don't believe mainstream
> pols like Pelosi have any interest in anything beyond their own power. I
> think they see what's happening as a useful tool, but I also think they're
> underestimating the odds of it getting away from them.
>
> I think the odds of this revolution occurring are still relatively low at
> this point.  That said, yes, I do believe that is the platform that has
> been inculcated in academia via critical theory and intersectionality that
> BLM and others are attempting to implement here.
>
> The fact that the hateful pablum known as White Fragility is being held up
> as important reading throughout many parts of the school system, and that
> people painting over a BLM street mural have been charged with a hate crime
> are additional canaries.
>
> There are many others, so yes, I don't believe this is really about
> protesting police brutality.
>
> I also agree there are some legitimate grievances lost in this mess.
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 11:01 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 11, 2020, at 7:33 AM, Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> The first phase of a Marxist revolution is erasing history writ large and
>> small, with struggle sessions in store for anyone who disagrees.
>>
>> There's a method to this madness.
>>
>>
>> You really see this as a Marxist revolution? I see it as a protest
>> movement. Mike many previous protest movements, it has many facets and it’s
>> a bit chaotic. There are definitely, in my mind, many legitimate grievances
>> and likely some excesses.
>>
>> Aside from statue removal and flag changes, though, almost nothing else
>> seems to be happening. Yes, a few cities are going to “defund“ police, but
>> they are few. History isn’t being erased — as if the statues taught people
>> history or if that many people even cared about history in the first place.
>> (Most people seem to care about preserving national myths anyhow.)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dan
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>>
>> http://author.to/DanUst
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