Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Rogue State


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Monday, July 24, 2023

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Randolph Bourne

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson called America a "vast know-nothing party." Little wonder, then, that native radicals like Randolph Bourne are largely forgotten today.

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Monday, July 3, 2023

Idealism and Metaphysics

 

Idealism and metaphysics are the easiest things in the world, because people can talk as much nonsense as they like without basing it on objective reality or having it tested against reality. Materialism and dialectics, on the other hand, need effort. They must be based on and tested by objective reality. Unless one makes the effort, one is liable to slip into idealism and metaphysics.

                                                    ~ Mao Tsetung, LRB, 212.