Ursula Le Guin recently called on Fantasy Fiction/SciFi writers to do something special. Visualize and write about a world without capitalism.
Rr "People can visualize the end of the world but not the end of Capitalism" ~Adbusters (the journal of the mental environment) On 08/28/2016 01:12 AM, Александр wrote: > “We must always take sides”, > “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages > the tormentor, never the tormented.” Elie Wiesel urged in his > spectacular Nobel Prize speech. And yet, part of the human tragedy is > that despite our best intentions and our most ardent ideals, we often > lull ourselves into _neutrality_ in the face of INjustice — be it out of > fear for our own stability, or lack of confidence in our ability to make > a difference, or that most poisonous foible of the soul, the two-headed > snake of cynicism and apathy. > > We must unmoor ourselves from a _passivity_ we so masterfully > rationalize, remembering that INjustice anywhere is a threat to justice > everywhere, and rise to that awareness with moral courage and dignity! > > If and when INjustice become so deeply embedded in a society without > strong revolt against it, then even those whom this INjustice oppresses > long enough -> end up internalizing, accepting and even justifying it! > > The shift from denial of INjustice to recognition of injustice can’t be > unmade. What your eyes have seen they have seen. Once you see the > INjustice, you can never again in good faith deny the oppression and > defend the oppressor. *What was loyalty is now betrayal. From now on, if > you don’t resist, you collude. * > > /ursula le guin > > ___ > > > / > From Zenaan > >> Time to grow up folks. Own the damn mess. Clean up your shit. Get rid of >> those individuals who are evidently compromised in ways that can not be >> tolerated. > > > !!! > __ > > >> and we get either banned from the public discussion (Juan, Alex > (afalex169) and others), OR booted from the community and Tor Inc with > disgrace (Jacob Applebaum). > > > !!! > __ > > >> Yes, you sure do... plenty of work to clean up this mess - >> continue to pretend it does not exist at your peril. > > > !!! > __ > > >> in Tor Inc as well as any other corporation and >> demoncratic governments around the world, sociopathic individuals >> predominate. > > > !!! > __ > >> Tor Inc is not a "normal" company - none of you (employees of Tor Inc) > are held by us in >> the Tor community as "normal" employees or "regular" folks - we have >> been, are, and shall continue to hold you to a higher standard than we >> hold "normal" capitalist 'pigs' to. > > __ > > !!! > >> And take good notice - it is perhaps most often your non-actions, which >> demonstrate your tacit support for evils done, which have the greatest >> consequences in our consciousness. >> >> Meet our (!!) standard and you shall stand as heroes. > > > !!! > __ > >> Fail to meet our standard and you and your purported principles shall >> forever be "the ones who fell from grace, disgraced themselves and >> disgraced the community, spitting on the very principles we all held to >> be sacred and inviolable". > > > !!! > __ > > >> Time to participate folks. Every one. > > !!! > > ____ > > *Thank you very much for this Message, Zenaan. > You are the voice of Suzie Dawson (suzi3d.com/ <http://suzi3d.com/>), > mine and many other good-hearted People. > > It's time for Actions. It's time to REVOLT against this INtollerable > Evil and INjustice against Appelbaum... against ALL THE HIGHER > PRINCIPLES! It's time (and it was since the first day of this smear > campaign) to EXPOSE all the scumbags who created the slander against > Jake AND those who silently accepted it > -> > AND KICK THEIR FUCKEN ASSES OUT OF THE COMMUNITY!* >
