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tama

(9,137 posts)
6. Yes we do
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 04:23 PM
Sep 2012

We want to stop paleo- and neocolonialism by what ever name and we want freedom from the social structures that cause it. That is a tough question for liberal middle classes who wish well but can't handle the fact that their consumerist way of life is materially dependent from neocolonialist structures of oppression and exploitation and escalating destruction of Earth's ecosystem. So it is not surprising that eurocentric liberal middle classes - globally one percenters - have to large extent left the global movement after a short visit, and are looking for finishing their race to the bottom before they rejoin.

In more philosophical terms, the "destabilization of western ways of thinking" refers to European alienated metaphysics of subjecthood or "ego". But as ego is a defense mechanism of collective insanity, it's rather useless to try to talk to it sense and expect that it would stop behaving like what it is.

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Really? Spivak? a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1
You guys? tama Sep 2012 #2
okay... here we go... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #3
New name for me tama Sep 2012 #4
One of Spivak's favorite phrases a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #5
Yes we do tama Sep 2012 #6
right... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #7
Guilt trips are your problem not mine tama Sep 2012 #8
Tama... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #9
Don't remember? tama Sep 2012 #10
My apologies for forgetting about Finland. a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #11
This sounded like nurturing wounds: tama Sep 2012 #12
unfortunately... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #13
It's a sad game tama Sep 2012 #14
Tama... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #15
I don't know Spivak (yet). Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 #16
Spivak's a glib huckster a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #17
Hey Fire, I suggest we become managers of this forum U4ikLefty Sep 2012 #18
I don't have the time or energy to do so but if anyone would, it would be appreciated. Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 #19
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