I am suggesting that all of the above means squat to the
lumpen. I am suggesting that -- and you ought to be able to grasp this,
at least, since you referenced Foucault on the redundancy of labor in
another article -- the lumpen have their own agenda, or a growing
awareness of having one, as their numbers and diversity of attainments
increases.
> > I see no reason to dignify this scam of the elites by associating it
> > with actual social revolution...although liberal humanists are
> > occasionally useful in the short term.
> But then you don't have complaints with a subset of activists who complain
> about the lack of real social change and want to activate activism. Why
> don't you belong to this group? (Not criticism "of course" but mere
> curiousity).
Why on earth would I want to associate with a bunch of whiners? I do not
want dialogue with the social power. As I wrote in the follow-up to your
Foucault comment, the masses, redundant for production (i.e., "lumpen")
are to be saved by being made into consumers. That, AFAIK, is the goal of
"activism" (of the left-political sort. The goal of right-politicals such
as religious fundamentalists and environmentalists is different and
certainly less doable).
(__) Sourcerer
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