From: "matthew piscioneri" <mpiscioneri-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Pessimism & Praxis Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:22:12 +0000 <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Hello Bob,<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P>I am not sure that this movement of the world spirit is "authentic" (were they ever?).</P> <DIV></DIV>>"world-historical moment"? ... what of the stunning irony that US-Iraq war is proxying for jewish fundamentalism v >islamic to create new world order?...world-historical? or pre-? <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>New world orders? I am perhaps too attached to the Baudrillardian post-Horkheimer and Adorno culture industry, Chomsky perspective. Is there something outside of ideology/advertising? What is this noumenal realm we sustain ourselves with? New world orders are the stuff of fear mongering advertising. This fear mongering replicates the primary device of religion and supestitious belief systems. As far as I see it Bob, the problem is twofold. First, the presence of fear. Second, that some people manipulate fear to their instrumental/oppressive advantage. The two problematics are interconnected. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is it fixable? Yes. But it will cost a lot of money. Money seems to alleviate anxiety which is a primary contributor to fear. On a global scale part of the issue is the re-distribution of the planet's wealth. At the moemnt the only moral precept I can come up with is "the right to be equally greedy" or "the equal right to be greedy". There are further world-historical stages to come, of course. More good advertising and hype.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How's life in your neck of the woods, anyway?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>MattP </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM1ENAU/c144??PS=47575'>Click Here</a><br></html>
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