Nicholas Hermann on 21 Dec 2000 16:20:52 -0000 |
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[Nettime-bold] An interesting proposition from anonymous |
Do you think George W. getting elected is good for Genius 2000? I think that for the first time ever, basically everybody in the country above age 12 or so thinks (with good reason) that he or she is smarter than the president. That has to be a serious subversion of the idea of a democratic aristocracy, where the truly talented rise to their proper positions while the rest of us truddle along, worried about how we're going to pay our bills. This asshole doesn't even know what HUD stands for--did you hear him appointing the new director yesterday? He called it "Human Development." I think he might be a good president for the country at this time for a couple of reasons--it is now impossible for anybody but the most die-hard members of the managerial class to pretend that the system has any legitimacy (ie, elected officials, campaign organizers and members of the mainstream media). And as W. continues to sound stupid, he will further and further subvert the legitimacy of the system. He is a walking Saturday Night Live skit. I think it will become easier and easier to convince people that the only to save the planet is for everyone to demand recognition as geniuses. After all, geniuses don't allow themselves to be exploited by employers, geniuses don't ignore impending environmental collapse, geniuses are too busy to participate in systems of oppression, and they find such systems vulgar and beneath contempt. --anonymous _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold