Re: [microsound] Re: us citizens... (OT)

[Christos Carras <ear@xxxxxxxxx>]

devslashnull wrote:

> some contend that the futurists were fascists.
most futurists were definitely fascist and there are quite a few other 
instances of very concervative artists producing very radical work. take 
Schoenberg. he was absolutely confident that his achievement was to 
revitalise the great german tradition, and certainly not to effectively 
destroy it's very foundation.

anyway: from my perspective at the eastern end of europe two things 
really worry me. 1) the election was won because of fear: all the main 
themes - guns, gays, irak, al qaida, abortion - are related to some 
dimension of fear - of the enemy, of ones own desires etc. 2) the 
significance of any difference between a lie and a truthful assertion 
has withered to nothing. this take us back to a Goebbels approach: if 
you lie enough and consistently, it ends up by being perceived as true.

don't worry though, anyone who has any contact with the US knows that 
you're not all a bunch of demented, fundamentalist, paranoid etc.

I hope you people find ways to make his second term *extremely* 
unpleasant for him and even more so for the real political brains 
running his show.

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