Off-beat Political Jargon

Aug 06, 2005 10:55

In one of my fantasy future lives, I write some sort of kick-ass political manifesto.

Of course, for it to be a successful manifesto, it needs to be chock full of opaque political jargon. People must actually learn a new language to be able to understand it--this makes it impossible for devotees to accept criticism from without. The only people ( Read more... )

politics, poetic terrorism, stallman, jargon, special ignorances, marxism

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polishcyclist August 6 2005, 16:25:23 UTC
You've discovered the Derrida forumula.

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paulhope August 6 2005, 18:36:37 UTC
Listen, don't problematize me with your binary oppositions. You/ewe must embrace class struggle!

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paulhope August 6 2005, 19:48:32 UTC
Seriously, though, having a revelation that somebody else has already had before doesn't make it any less of a revelation. This journal isn't meant to be revolutionary work. It's stream-of-consciousness what I did today.

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polishcyclist August 7 2005, 13:54:43 UTC
yeah, I this wasn't meant to mock you, it was more of jab at Derrida (a gnat kicking Guilliver's corpse?)

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