tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post3062754590619741492..comments2024-02-23T14:59:44.189-05:00Comments on The Goat Rope: GETTING THEREMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07333099574473265593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-89175068060194052952006-12-20T02:44:00.000-05:002006-12-20T02:44:00.000-05:00It's an organic approach. It grows as it goes. Whe...It's an organic approach. It grows as it goes. When and where it can. So do we call this a conservative approach or a zen approach?<br /><br />Revolutions seem to have programs. And they get all wrapped up in 'em.<br />Reforms are the same.<br /><br />Popper's making perfect sense here. Likewise El Cabrero. You know what the program is. And it's big. But you don't need a program for the program. <br /><br />Sure you want it all at once? That stuff's hard.<br /><br />Dig into whatever's close. <br />Foot, trunk, whatever's handiest.farmergileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250066819691785384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-18400880360844466502006-12-17T22:34:00.000-05:002006-12-17T22:34:00.000-05:00Paragraph 2 of Nick's comment above reminds me of ...Paragraph 2 of Nick's comment above reminds me of an old joke that I read was popular in the Soviet Union when it still existed:<br /><br />"What's the difference between capitalism and socialism?<br /><br />"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under socialism, it's just the opposite."Claude Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-44473866672524982862006-12-15T23:33:00.000-05:002006-12-15T23:33:00.000-05:00Since I was an undergrad in the 60s, I’ve had prob...Since I was an undergrad in the 60s, I’ve had problems with revolutions:<br /><br />1. Usually a revolution only exchanges one tyrant for another<br />2. I once saw a wonderful pantomime featuring two hands and one glove. The gloved hand swaggered about and beat down the ungloved hand until the latter attacked it and forced off the glove. For a few seconds, both hands were ungloved and equal. Then the former ungloved hand slid into the glove, began to swagger, and beat the former gloved hand. <br />3. When classes of a society “liberate” themselves, then what seldom increase the personal freedom of those who belong to it and have been oppressed. Rather, “liberation” often just means that a certain class assumes power… and then does both, curtail the personal freedom of the previous ruling class and implement strict rules on it.<br />4. It doesn’t matter to the poor who rules, for their lot in life seldom improve.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.com