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@brechtfavre
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Milwaukee, WI Katılım Kasım 2021
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introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live:
alex g
alvvays
big thief
bon iver
christian lee hutson
death cab for cutie
hop along
neutral milk hotel
phoebe bridgers
pinegrove
Ryan Alexanderplatz@ryanhasbadtaste
introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live: placebo eagles of death metal kmfdm fisherspooner peter hook & the light radiohead the pixies peter murphy the mountain goats NIN
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I think Cicero is a lot more interesting (and admirable? at least, relatable) seen not as like this paragon of uncompromising virtues but rather as a wheeler and dealer, trying frantically and constantly to contort his beliefs to meet the needs of keeping the Republic together
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@daniel_dsj2110 Found myself writing “MacIntyre?” in the margins many times while reading Jäger’s book
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@die_rizzen We won’t have the criteria to know what is good (historically progressive) & what is bad (historically regressive) unless if we know what is good (historically progressive) & what is bad (historically regressive)?
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Historically progressive does imply good and bad.
Without such a distinction one cannot set up the criteria for judgment.
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@stsbstn Thank you, fascinating! I’m aware that he arrived at that position, but interested to read more about how he got there. Lately I’m less & less concerned about justifying my disagreements with “orthodox” Marxism via Marx, but it’s always a bonus when Marx happens to agree.
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@ShinMarginalScr I can't think of anything from the top of my head but there's definitely been liberal (mis-)readings of Gramsci or ones reading him as some sort of continuity Italian (post-liberal) thinker
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@PetricorLatente Ime this is better than to wallow alone and not take any action
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healed so much that I stopped caring about being healed enough
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@PetricorLatente @moonsrabbit7 I’d imagine Zizek is not indifferent to the content of the projects to which people devote themselves, to say the least. Reasons can be given as to whether a given project is worthwhile, no?
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@moonsrabbit7 so what about people who insist that their passion is making money and watching their bank account balances grow?
They say: "This is my passion, this is bigger than me, this is what I'm willing to fight for."
No family, no friendship, just a pure love of money.
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Now let’s look up George Orwell’s thoughts on Zionism
Uri Kurlianchik@VerminusM
Written in February 1945.
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@JoshuaLWatson @m966021 Are there theologians who don’t “go on & on about what God is like,” who you think normative ethicists & political philosophers should engage with?
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@m966021 I do think things of value can be gleaned from engaging with the Christian tradition, but I don't think any of that value depends on taking seriously what theologians say about God.
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Opposing oppression is good, but how essential is adding reflection about *God* to this?
It seems to me that the ethical/political conclusions will be drawn from principles whose merit requires no theistic account, & God's agreement with them will be added as an afterthought.
PJ@pwhhjr
"The practical act which is necessary in today's misery is the liberation of the oppressed. Theology is hence the critical reflection about this essential practice in light of the Gospel. It does not merely aim to understand the world differently; it wants to change the world as well. It sees itself as one component in the process through which the world is liberated. That is the fundamental idea underlying the new theology of liberation. Today, it is the best ethical and political theology, because it tries to do, and teaches us to do, what is needful today for the needs of the oppressed." -Jürgen Moltmann, Trinität und Reich Gottes
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@bilbosfootcomb If the Christian objection to Marxism is that “man does not live by bread alone,” I say fair enough: bread for all — & roses too!
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The true Catholic critique is of Marxism is that it is insufficiently radical, not any nonsense about “private property” or similar modernist concept.
Material analysis alone is insufficient to diagnose and remediate the suffering of workers and the poor.
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@RoyForTaoiseach @ettingermentum Not to mention the failure of the 1918 German Revolution
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@ettingermentum The failure of the 1848 German Revolutions
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Forget historically progressive. What events in history were historically regressive.
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