So, if the last post was all vitriol and false hope, today I want to focus on options. Specifically, what’s possible today that was unimaginable a century ago?
1. Communes without communal bathrooms.
Look, the real problem with communism is that half of the population are slobs. Yet the appeal of the commune is the community, the [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2006
For the antidisestablishmentarian in each of us
Thursday, February 23, 2006
When did it all change?
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Look, I’m not one for golden-age narratives. However, it has become increasingly clear to me that things are fucked in a manner unique to this place and time. Of course, there are all new possibilities, novel reasons to hope, that come out of this unique dilemma. But it also seems as if some of the [...]
Justice and Justifications: The Duty to Deliberate and the “Barrel of Reasons”
Monday, February 20, 2006
“I am not one of those who may be questioned about their Why. Do my experiences date from yesterday? It is a long time since I experienced the reasons for my opinions. Should I not have to be a barrel of memory, if I wanted to carry my reasons, too, about with me?” Nietzsche, Thus [...]