tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314453.post6955642039098239916..comments2023-08-21T05:04:54.793-07:00Comments on Turning the Wheel of Wonder: Obama's bankrupt words make the inaugral address meaningless.Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186755261777539572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314453.post-15588128681368844262013-03-24T18:37:28.829-07:002013-03-24T18:37:28.829-07:00So, how does discourse "at a distance from th...So, how does discourse "at a distance from the state" have any actual effect on the state?<br /><br />In other words, if we don't take the opportunity to vote in an alternative manner to the two-party duopoly then aren't we just abdicating our responsibility in the same way as Nero fiddling while watching Rome burn. <br /><br />For better or worse, democracy gives each of us a small percentage of the responsibility and makes each of us one small part of the governing body and if our small part just goes along then we are responsible to that degree with what is going on.Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186755261777539572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314453.post-7159350419790811502013-02-24T20:19:18.447-08:002013-02-24T20:19:18.447-08:00I agree completely. What I find even more strange ...I agree completely. What I find even more strange and absurd about our political landscape is the degree to which American citizens are amnesiacs, regarding everything from the financial instability and exploitation of capitalism to the perpetual re-election of presidents. <br /><br />I suppose our project should be to create a politics or a discourse "at a distance from the state." <br /><br />I don't think it is acceptable to choose a third party position, because the same structural problems driven by bureaucratic self interest and economic power will appear in the modern nation state (regardless of whether or not our president is Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, or Red).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com