Are They? (was Re: Human Interactions)
jbor
jbor at bigpond.com
Tue Jul 11 17:11:12 CDT 2000
>From: Mike Weaver <mikeweaver at gn.apc.org>
>
> "They" may not have clearly defineable limits, some entities, collective or
> individual,may slip back and forth across the boundaries, but They most
> certainly exist. They are the sum total of organised greed and rapacity,
> and all the support systems which keep the system stable (which includes a
> little bit of all of us at some time or another.)
>
> "They" doesn't describe an entity or group of entities but the _system_ of
> control to which many entities enthusiasically subscribe and which many
> others condone.
Yes yes yes. But religion and morality and We/They systems *are* the system,
or are what keep the 'system(s) of control' in place.
cfa's rebuttal (even though Gramsci was a way smart dude) is right on the
money imo.
best
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