the modern state as a suburban house lot
Mark Kohut
markekohut at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 30 12:07:54 CDT 2009
John Bailey wrote:
"What is the modern state," Yitzhak declared, "but a suburban
> house-lot taken up to a larger scale? Anti-Semitism flows directly
> from the suburban fear of those always on the move, who set up camp
> for a night, or pay rent, unlike the Good Citizen who believes he
> 'owns' his home, although it is more likely to be owned by a bank,
> perhaps even a Jewish bank. Everyone must live in a simply connected
> space with an unbroken line around it. Some put hair ropes, to keep
> snakes out. Any who live outside property-lines of any scale are
> automatically a threat to the suburban order and by extension the
> State. Conveniently, Jews have this history of statelessness." AtD 185
More anti-Stateness from TRP....I think in AtD one of the themes is
where in the past were the natural lands of people before Nation-states
started wars over boundaries......
and I somehow think those ancient lands are akin to the ancient seas under maritime law...............
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