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Table of Contents: Re: <nettime> Fwd: [CTHEORY] Article 136 - The Digital Death Rattle ofthe Americ spornitz@mts.net Re: <nettime> Fwd: [CTHEORY] Article 136 - The Digital Death Rattle of the Ame David Patterson <cptanalog@fastermac.net> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:08:48 -0600 (CST) From: spornitz@mts.net Subject: Re: <nettime> Fwd: [CTHEORY] Article 136 - The Digital Death Rattle ofthe American Middle Class I've run into the term "cognitive dissonance" while doing science demos at the local science centre; normally it refers to the kind of experience where, say, we cut a mobius strip in half, lengthwise, and we are left with only one piece. We thing one thing will happen, then learn that a different thing happens. I think what you are referring to here is better classified as "ignorance". I don't think it helps these poor stupid fools any to couch their increasingly pathetic circumstances in fancy-pants language. Just a thought. - -b ps -try the mobius strip thing; it's nifty! ;-> "E. Miller" <subscriptionbox@squishymedia.com> wrote: >The problem is that it's not just the elite supporting the policies that >shift even more power and wealth to the elite. There's a large degree of >complacency within the middle and working classes in the US, possibly >because the benefits of globalized labor and production are clear to all >(hey, cheap TVs at Wal-Mart!) while the disadvantages are much less >apparent. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:19:48 -0600 From: David Patterson <cptanalog@fastermac.net> Subject: Re: <nettime> Fwd: [CTHEORY] Article 136 - The Digital Death Rattle of the American Middle Class Yeah, those cheap TV's are great until the thing breaks after six months and you discover that your warranty only covers labor for 90 days and the first hour of diagnosis costs more than the TV. I've always been confused by the fact that those who would most benefit from Socialism are often its most vocal opponents. You see the guy who's just taken a pay cut in order to prop up stock prices and bonuses for managment waving a flag and voting Republican. As long as the underclasses can be bamboozled into believing in some other scapegoat as the source of their problems, they will continue to support those who actually keep them down. The scapegoat is one of the primary elements of fascism. Myth is just so much more comforting than reality. Unfortunately our "educational" system is more supportive of myth. "E. Miller" wrote: > The problem is that it's not just the elite supporting the policies that > shift even more power and wealth to the elite. There's a large degree of > complacency within the middle and working classes in the US, possibly > because the benefits of globalized labor and production are clear to all > (hey, cheap TVs at Wal-Mart!) while the disadvantages are much less > apparent. -- "That which you call progress is nothing but the desperate belief that that which falls can fall upward." Franz Werfel ------------------------------ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net