<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Any theory that originates in the English department is the very worst sort of bullshit. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 10:47 AM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There are many others, so yes, I don't believe this is really about protesting police brutality. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I also agree there are some legitimate grievances lost in this mess. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 11:01 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Jul 11, 2020, at 7:33 AM, Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">The first phase of a Marxist revolution is erasing history writ large and small, with struggle sessions in store for anyone who disagrees. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There's a method to this madness. </div></div></div></blockquote><br><div>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.<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">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.)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="line-height:normal"><div style="line-height:normal"><span style="line-height:20px">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height:normal"><span style="line-height:20px"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height:normal"><span style="line-height:20px">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height:normal"><span style="line-height:20px"> Sample my Kindle books at:</span></div><div style="line-height:normal"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://author.to/DanUst" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://author.to/DanUst</a></span></p></div></div></div><div><div style="line-height:normal"></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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