WV, how’s your political anthropology study going?

Thanks for the good thoughts, WV, and the humor. Sounds like it’s been interesting as an experience, if a bit of a mixed bag.

Please post that twitter thread on Dore. Even though I haven’t registered, I’ve noticed I can still read Twitter stuff, though I’m guessing I can’t see all the sub-threads or replies, and obviously can’t add anything to the flow. But I can get the gist of things.

(Learned that first by clicking on the Rams twitter stuff youze guys post here)

We leftists are an unruly bunch, aren’t we?

Oh, and another thing I’ve (re)discovered in my recent readings. When living analysts talk about dead philosophers, especially those before the French Revolution, they tend to break down the “sides” as just liberal and conservative. Ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval times, the Enlightenment, etc. That jibes with memories of memories of readings in the past. Kind of catchall terms for the whole swath of what now would be left versus right plus degrees. I prefer the left/right range a great deal more. Far more nuance, degrees, acknowledgement of diversity and differences, etc. etc.

Interesting. I liked Brooks’ video, and then watched the earlier exchange between Sam Seder and Dore from 2016? I thought Seder clearly got the best of him there. Even with predictions. It almost sounded as if Dore wanted Trump to win because that would supposedly set the table for a leftist resurgence. How? Why? What’s the logic in that approach? It was always far more likely to set the table for a fascist resurgence, which is exactly what happened.

It kind of reminds me of the idea behind “herd immunity.” Just let all kinds of people die, as we reach the critical (theoretical) point of 70% infections for the country, and then we’ll be immune, supposedly. Of course, that means mass death, and we’re still not certain it would work.

Anyway, will add more on the above later. Hope you continue posting observations here as well.

wv wrote:

Btw, Twitter blocked my account because i responded to a person who wrote “Lawns should be illegal.” I tweeted back “Kill your Lawn” and i added a link about lawns.

Twitter blocked my account for “encouraging suicide”.

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As the young kids used to say, OMG!!

I have a small lawn, and I feel guilty for mowing it. Bad for the environment. I looked seriously into getting goats to manage it. Not kidding. They have some services for that around here, and they’re supposed to do a great job. But it’s really, really expensive, and I can’t afford to go that route.

I did try to shrink it with sections of soil filling and self-sustaining greenery, but there’s still too much grass. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.