Another Pynchon theme manifesting again in the real world.

[David Morris]

In BE anarchy's Zone is the early dark web, which soon is overtaken by
money.  But it was always about money.  It isn't a sustainable state.

David Morris

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 4:35 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I only push this because Pynchon does, and it needs context.  For P,
> Anarchy goes back to GRs Zone, a place of crazy freedom in wake of total
> collapse, which can't be sustained.  It is not a model of sustained living,
> despite AGD's silly golf game.  It is a very short-lived thing.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 4:16 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So your anarchism jag isn't a real proscription.  It is a plaything.  A
>> Pynchon fanboy thing.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 3:57 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anarchism as I wrote about it here is working with whatever, jumping in
>>> spontaneously before or with  FEMA HELP and FEMA is goddam necessary OR
>>> ELSE. ...More incalculable deaths and reams of suffering and hurt.
>>>
>>> I wrote " part" of....not as a guiding political philosophy, like
>>> libertarianism, which is  perhaps the exact opposite of helping ANYONE but
>>> oneself. ...anarchism allows selflessness.
>>>
>>> I just read a decent piece about the horrible tornado in Kansas, killing
>>> more than Harvey has, and the gist was FEMA was invaluable for money (paid
>>> 90% of clean-up cost) and worked best when "spontaneous groups" --like
>>> churches-- local leaders and Orgs were the go-to ones for advice and
>>> disbursement.
>>>
>>> And I'm a big Govt " liberal" myself. Who loves selfless helping and
>>> dancing. Esp in musicals.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 1:59 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anarchism is akin to Libertarianism: freedumb from guvmint!
>>>
>>> Imagine a world in Houston without FEMA!  Such a dream!
>>>
>>> And no interstate highways!  And no EPA!  And no Medicare or Social
>>> Security!
>>>
>>> You may sat I'm a dreamer, but they're about to be deported.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anarchism. Pervasive as we know (and been written about).
>>>>
>>>> Anarchism, not as any kind of policy or new government notion but
>>>> precisely as getting shit done *without* government, *outside of it. *
>>>>
>>>> The natural way hundreds of thousands of simple citizens
>>>> "self-organized"--
>>>> this is the key,-- like the deaf-mute dance under the bridge where
>>>> everyone
>>>> dances together without bumping with no one having to direct the
>>>> dancing--
>>>> like the search and rescue and help operation in Houston after Harvey.
>>>>
>>>> Since a guy named Prince wrote about the "spontaneous groupings" of
>>>> volunteer
>>>> help after the Halifax explosion disaster , it has always been a part
>>>> of every disaster
>>>> since. They say.
>>>>
>>>> Spontaneous groupings = self-organizing= equal apolitical, non-violent
>>>> anarchism in
>>>> the real world.
>>>>
>>>
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