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mircea_popescu: but i must point out that it's likely same as how i enjoy horse riding
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform this is not unlike street urchin's idea of wealthy
mircea_popescu: you're moses, up on the mountain, you're smith with his fucking stupid hat and the even more stupid but full of themselves early americans
mircea_popescu: decimation no buyt see, it's an important problem. "so you're on the stage, alright now - what do you say ?"
mircea_popescu: revolution for people who couldn't afford to fight the king.
mircea_popescu: phf why byron "did it" = had a bunch of chlorotic virgins say stupid shit about him ?
mircea_popescu: trinque it doesn't follow you should give a shit about yourself ; it doesnt follow even admitting that the world is of interest.
mircea_popescu: ah, that's plainly obvious. they;'re appealing like rape is appealing. their bloody violence is sexually satisfying.
mircea_popescu: because, mind, if you actually got something to say might as well say it.
mircea_popescu: which brings us right back to, "what do you wish to say, anyway"
mircea_popescu: random derp who inherits a wall street firm, also authority.
mircea_popescu: phf well if you can explain the difference between these two...
mircea_popescu: and then get clueless working cl;ass kids thinking "it's theiur calling" because totally, that's how the world works, with "Callings"
mircea_popescu: a lot could be said about it, let aside that nobodyu'd care, so why shouldn't a phd be offered ? once it's offered, why should it wear a red striope in its id, "this shit's pointless nutso stuff fopr rich people" ?
mircea_popescu: i am bracving myself for the "sociology of sociologists of obscure fields" phd.
mircea_popescu: "sociology of the theatre" ? such deadly refinement by now.
mircea_popescu: the 100 mn business majors looking to change the world in the US notably ARE energetic enough to run macdonalds.
mircea_popescu: whosoever can not do this is stuck being a bureaucrat not a revolutionary, no mattert the context.
mircea_popescu: see ? not so fun for the stupid. "true freedom" comes from a neglect of consequences.
mircea_popescu: this is all fine, but there's a bridge between "my cunt itches" and "i'm married now"
mircea_popescu: this entire "my revolution" thing seems to me a lot like "i wanna be on a stage, like carlin!" well ok. and to say what ?
mircea_popescu: trinque the better q, of course, being what are you going to say ?
mircea_popescu: so whioch is he ? gable also had a "very seductive smile".
mircea_popescu: right. i suppose to bring this to an edge, we could ask alf to explain difference between jack warner and clark gable in terms of che.
mircea_popescu: meanwhile any random mexican cartel owner is right now out of jail and if he's in he's running a brothel of the guards.
mircea_popescu: this is a problem. and, much more importantly - he failed. he failed uniformly, predictably, throughout. hard to see past this.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform but the virility, audacity etc aside, and the guy's very seductive smile aside - he wasn't very intelligent.
mircea_popescu: who'd women fuck screamingly is a good proxy for quality
mircea_popescu: socialism is still the doctrine of unadorned stupid, and it's still this in large things as it is this in small things - be it revolution or your daily dealings. stupid stays stupid.
mircea_popescu: it failed in moscow as it failed in beijing - the successors are today more capitalist than hamilton, and for good reason.
mircea_popescu: it failed when che tried it abroad, and humiliatingly. it failed in castro's hands, at home.
mircea_popescu: re "And so a better example for Syriza to follow, were they to suddenly stop being Europe's pathetic poodles and don the mantle of fearless, heroic revolutionaries, is still the good old Russian revolution of 1917." << one willing to eat up this dollop should best remember that socialist revolution failed.
mircea_popescu: wtf is a box without c compiler anyway i want to kn ow.
mircea_popescu: incidentally, the way he does his patches with the referneces is pretty smart.
mircea_popescu: it's like the ultimate reference point. all ulterior repackaging may add convenience, but can't contradict it, basically.
mircea_popescu: mod6 well look, it's not a meaningless problem. "what's the reader supposed to do". going through the list and following the tree seems sensible.
mircea_popescu: hanbot once delving into it, this proves to be anything but straightforward i surmise ?
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell aquentin simmer the fuck down and learn how to use the tools.