tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251640020630324918.post913784337508354097..comments2023-12-16T09:52:05.715-08:00Comments on Climate and Capital: Imaginary and Symbolic Cowboystroutskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251640020630324918.post-52451055916093369392016-01-08T08:26:51.490-08:002016-01-08T08:26:51.490-08:00I'm pretty confident that I "know" t...I'm pretty confident that I "know" these people as well, having worked on ranches and in the woods and in construction for so long. Sat through so many insane lunch hour conversations. The Zizek piece is the perfect entry point because ranchers especially are contradictions within contradictions, nested infinitely. Ravalli County commissioners have brought in speakers to talk about sovereignty, I remember when they loaded up "the shovel brigade" to send to Jarbridge Nevada during another confrontation. They are taught to be humble but deep down they believe their "way of life" is superior and creates superior Individuals. troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251640020630324918.post-64305689721586228382016-01-06T15:22:49.644-08:002016-01-06T15:22:49.644-08:00I spent about 3 hours last night boring a hole in ...I spent about 3 hours last night boring a hole in my head, scanning the comments section of a prepper/gun rights/patriot website. Fell asleep and had a dream I was a home invader. Today at the gym I began fantasizing about an online blog and comments section antagonism team called the American Communists of 'Murca. <br /><br />I feel the "populist temptation" strongly. These patriots are, Facebook reminds, overwhelmingly the people I grew up with and even still now frequently work with. The aesthetic appreciation for their Tarantino-ish, spiritual fierceness... I live that. I wish I could feel so certain. It does feel innovative to realize that political unity with their type of thinking is a false hope.<br /><br />"Aren't the Far Left and Far Right seemingly in agreement in many ways? Isn't the political spectrum really a circle with two almost touching points?" The relevance of any spatial analogies for the political spectrum seem to dissolve at the point you try to add this unconscious and mythical level to the solution. Last night reading comments I was taken aback by their claims about their other's (the libturds, the blacks, the jews, the feminists, the commies, the gun-takers, but most frequently the libturds) mythical and unconscious dimension. <br /><br />They very openly try to conform to a John Wayne definition of manliness. And it does unify.<br /><br />Ugh. Will Genadekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890819074249500573noreply@blogger.com