tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post791687972260099504..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: "You Say You Want a Revolution"The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-35802689521611870422020-06-02T08:25:28.798-07:002020-06-02T08:25:28.798-07:00Sal, thanks for the link. I watched the clips. Pre...Sal, thanks for the link. I watched the clips. Pretty gritty stuff but, I suppose, something of a metaphor for America's permanent underclass. It reminds me of Nancy Isenberg's "White Trash: the 400 year untold history of class in America." Since it's settlement as colonies, what became the USA has been built on something akin to India's 'untouchables'. Whites, then blacks, all of them expendable and kept well clear of the respectable mainstream.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19978569687990647552020-06-02T08:09:16.999-07:002020-06-02T08:09:16.999-07:00Trailblazer, I think you would appreciate Yuval Ha...Trailblazer, I think you would appreciate Yuval Harari's "Homo Deus." I think of it as a detailed map of humanity's central nervous system.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-40910063976325045102020-06-01T19:38:02.716-07:002020-06-01T19:38:02.716-07:00The world has seemingly become 'unglued' b...The world has seemingly become 'unglued' before.<br />This time it happened upon our doorstep not some funny sounding ME city or Asia.<br />All previous attempts at disrupting 'normal' failed what chance the new one?<br />Facing Facebook and it's competitors ( for this new challenge is Western one) typifies Orwell's vision.<br />Yet we admire and love the monopolies that control life.<br /><br /><br />TB<br /><br /><br />Trailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436709163754934547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33101378115163553962020-06-01T14:10:49.841-07:002020-06-01T14:10:49.841-07:00.. ergh.. another Mound post deserving several re-..... ergh.. another Mound post deserving several re-reads.. and a whole lotta thinking.. considering<br /><br />s'OK.. I'm up for it..<br /><br />But for fun gonna probe the gatekeeper.. <br />did you ever see this film, Mound? Set & shot in the 'show me state' <br /><br />https://www.npr.org/2011/08/18/139753185/on-location-the-frozen-ozarks-of-winters-bone<br /><br />Every once in a while I remind myself of this film..<br />It paints a picture of a fair part of Amerika.. the uh.. not so good<br />and people who might vote .. or cook some meth.. or both all a twonce<br /><br />Religion ?? Well, SHOW ME !! Give me something jeebuz like.. to believe in..<br /><br />But this is 'heartland'.. where the votes live, in a 'red state'<br />This is 'and the home of the brave'<br />Not that far from Kentucky.. Mitch McConnell territory<br />where meth burned cookers are also bankrupting ol Kentuck's burn units<br />where the locals also have chain saws and AR 15's<br />Shoot the eyes out of a squirrel dontcha know !<br /><br />This is Copperhead Road - reality TV<br />and there's no comin back<br /><br />A descent into hell.. one way tripthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com