RIP David Hemmings

Started by SoNowThen, December 08, 2003, 03:02:53 PM

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SoNowThen

December 08, 2003, 03:02:53 PM
Didn't anybody notice?


He was one cool cat in Blow Up.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

jtm

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December 08, 2003, 05:14:23 PM
never heard of him. RIP anyways tho, people dying sucks.

Fernando

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December 08, 2003, 05:35:19 PM
Quote from: SoNowThenDidn't anybody notice?


He was one cool cat in Blow Up.

http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?p=96908#96908

SoNowThen

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December 09, 2003, 09:03:53 AM
oops, sorry    :oops:

a search didn't find....

well, lock er up
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.
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