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Walter Egon's avatar

political beliefs are for arseholes

real people have soul, heart and love - or not

the good society will not be brought about by persuation, but by insinuation and poetry, by soft words whispered to a dreaming child

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Eliot Wilson's avatar

Agree with you; and yet there are some people, particularly but not exclusively on the Left, at whom one can look and divine with a high degree of accuracy their views on a whole range of subjects.

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Ben Sixsmith's avatar

Very true!

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Andrew Cunningham's avatar

That brief extract takes me back to time t, when that was the type of sentence that I read every day, in nearly every book. Unfortunately by time t+5 it had become clear that no one was going to pay me to keep doing so and by the current time t+25 this type of thing has become as mystifying to me as it is to you. I've been intending to have a look at that book in any event, so thanks for the reminder (and summary).

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Ben Sixsmith's avatar

Haha, a philosophy major?

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Andrew Cunningham's avatar

Yes, and then I stretched it out for a couple more decades. Not sure why, but no regrets.

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streamfortyseven's avatar

looks like an interesting book, downloaded it. BTW, I believe Russian punk rock is way cool - music starts in a while after the screaming and discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njmwegL4lfo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECu5NaqUDY They do a lot better at punk rock than they do at invasions and wars - maybe they should emphasize their strengths instead of their weaknesses - as a society...

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Ben Sixsmith's avatar

That was more fun than I expected! I would have liked to see Moscow back in the rougher 90s/00s. But only briefly.

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