Dominance Games / Politics
That there is no such thing as a fine mind that is unable to thrash out the complexities of issues in such a way that there is gleaned an understanding of an opposing point of view and the logical structure and world view upon which it may rest is undeniable.
That there is no such thing as a fine mind that is shut off so completely from the human experience that it sees only the pittance of the mock trials and emotions which make up the day of the dim is also undeniable.
That there is no such thing as a fine mind that may wallow in the simplicities of fallacy and the inaccuracies of illogical and false premise or unexamined premise is in itself a tautological statement.
That there is no such thing as a fine mind resting in the breeding grounds of political speech is an issue, a statement upon which few will land. Intelligence is a valued thing and smarts is what we all are sure of in our own very selves. We are smart enough to understand the world and its challenges…understand those what are with us and those what are agin’ us. We are savvy enough to see the hell cats at the door and the rats nipping at our heels.
We see the provocateurs, the subversives, the self righteous, the aggrieved, the aggressive, the self important and the rock solid. We see the whole menagerie of fools. We see through our grand and gloried prisms the dangled baits of entertainment high and visceral pleasures low so that we can have always some use for the rotten rotten that confronts us.
We see what we need to see and we need to see what we see and smarts don’t mean a good g-d damn. Keep the club. Waste the thought. Praise the kickers and seek the bit of the spoils. Fine minds are the illusions of the soft. That’s all there is.
Of interest:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67283.html
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Dominance Games / Politics: Sand kicked in faces at the beach. In weakness of execution exalt.
Posted in Commentary, current events, dominance, News, opinion, political science, Politics with tags analysis, Democracy, Government, political commentary, political satire, politics, power, Public interest on November 2, 2011 by B SchiffDominance Games / Politics
Is it so hard to factor in a decent value structure into the vast void and barren landscape that is the place where our intrepid political and cultural warriors live?
The very many heroes and heroines of our songs and stories, our dribble and spew, are simply just strong enough to work the magic of preset opinion, preset formula, preset world view, preset wars to enable them to claim to be the vanquishing soldiers of the sun and the winnowing whips of fury.
It takes strength and character to face the void and go through the intellectually humbling tasks of squeezing every last ounce and angle, false fact and false premise, hateful hook and stereotypical slander out of any bit of business, story, argument, policy mist or vague hint at actual facts.
A public mouth, public angler, private mouth, private angler should be a proud and vivid thing. All preaching staunchness and the fruits of manly toughness they practice well the bullish arts of might and right, of the big lie and the small derision, the propped up symbolism and the herd mentality.
Strong and viscous, terrifying and vivacious, the agenda setters are the best of the best, the king wrestlers in the swamp of a ring.
They are just not strong enough to build their precisions and their emptiness around well versed, well constructed, fondling of fact based, mincing of honor based, cores of arguments and premises that might require other than a love for and worship of the tired, the dim, the loud and the self rewarding.
Up the heavers. In weakness of execution they exalt. They have the current paths to acceptability and power. Strength is in the willing so of that which is useful and that which is convenient. Players who respect other avenues or virtues are the naive waifs and powerless frolics who get sand kicked in their faces at the beach. tough makes truth. Wisdom makes tedium. Intellectual laziness is for those who care. Th e flag flies high in the winds of the felonious assaults upon invasive questioning. Lack of certainty is lack of standing. the weak of analysis are the masters of the universe of the message makers. “Go maim”….the call of out pristine wild. The wolf is king.
Of interest:
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/in-referendum-greece-seeks-something-it-had-lost-sovereignty/247765/
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http://www.etalkinghead.com/
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