Hey all,
I read this article yesterday:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/equity-language-guides-sierra-club-banned-words/673085/
(or https://archive.is/iPQ2D).
I'm almost concerned to open this can of worms, for reasons that
are touched on in the article i'm sharing -- on
Brian, the condescending signaling — finding this or that amusing, somehow
recalling something else, God forbid this and sorry about that, horror! about
something else, and most of all *assigning readings* — is a bad look. You
should cut it out.
Nothing I said suggests that your interests or i
Tell it, Brian!
Solidarity, your thoughtful posts keep me lurking on this list!
Ben
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> On 3 Mar 2023, at 20:56, Brian Holmes wrote:
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> I find it very amusing that a thread devoted to Germany's relations to China
> is conceived as a conspiracy theory that aims at cove
I find it very amusing that a thread devoted to Germany's relations to
China is conceived as a conspiracy theory that aims at covering up the
reality of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.
It seems to me rather *legitimate* to explore what might be happening
between Germany, the US and China, at
Andre, you really nailed it.
As some may have noticed, the US in particular is suffering from, let's
say, a *maldistribution of agency*. It's mostly imaginary, but like all
imaginaries, it functions like a mass-magic spell: its very unreality
makes it that much more real.
The left — not a good na
An interesting pattern - also in conspiracy theory type imagination - is
to imagine your own government as a capable, acting party that in a way
starts or controls developments. Basically one ensures that the
main narration is its capability to lead action, good or evil.
Here we have a ruthless i
