WARLOCK and Loss

[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

Mikeweaver wrote:

> "Failure to what? To achieve the goals set? To reach the New Jerusalem?
How would you measure success? Achieving a stable harmonious society? Bit
utopian, isn't that?"

It is. On the other hand, though, what's the point of a "movement" without goals? Do you favour action for action's sake? That's too pessimistic: it implies nothing can be done, so you just let off some steam and move on. That, I think is the problem with "radicalists" and "leftists" nowadays: they have no alternative to propose. "Just say no" is not a very good policy, is it?  

> "The dialectic which is human history is a continuing interplay of growth
and decay, development and destruction, and by this measure the seeds of
destruction of any system are to be found in its consolidation."

True. I would add, though, that every "new" system is organized in basically the same way as the one it replaces. There seems to be no inspiration that would lead to a completely different path.

> "A little upbeat for a section on failure maybe?"

Of course. The realisation of failure is an important driving force. It makes you think. It is not to be lamented.

Cyrus
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