Couple this now with the fact that whatever internal contradictions may or may not exist within capitalism proper, the system, a moot point I should think, since they’re most likely to be glossed over if not perpetuated to no end by the instrumentality of the State! One is left with an inescapable conclusion that only the state is truly vulnerable to erosion both from without and within; and that, for the simple reason that whatever contradictions may plague this overarching political concept in theory and in practice (and I believe I made a compelling case to that effect), there’s nothing whatever to intervene on the state’s behalf, for the simple reason there is none above it. There is no substitute for retaliating against the Hydra monster and cutting its many heads, no other remedy except to strike at the source. Consequently, if the state must fall, it will fall of its own accord, case closed. If my thesis runs contrary to Marx’s, so be it. Marx hadn’t paid sufficient attention to the political, his greatest oversight, I’m convinced.
In closing, let me reiterate: the EU experiment is a far cry from the kind of world John Lennon envisaged. Still, it’s a pattern of things to come, the sign of the times, a step in the right direction, an experiment that is likely to be replicated over and over again until it meets with ever greater success. I’ll leave it up to you to imagine a myriad of semiautonomous, anarchistic communities; political, to be sure, but political only in the truest and most meaningful sense: locally; all coexisting under the umbrella of an essentially benign administrative body whose purpose is to insure a modicum of order within the empire. The catch is, unless you believe in aliens posing a threat from outer space, thus making necessary the striking of new alliances for the purpose of presenting a united front against the enemy, there is no enemy, no competition or conflict, no other empire to speak of, only humanity living in unison. I could think of far worse scenarios.
“No countries, no possessions, only a brotherhood of man” What's so hard to understand? John Lennon was a prophet.
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— go to most recent comments1 - troll
Take your neo-Leninism off my bridge.
2 - roger nowosielski
I wasn't aware I was guilty of that sin.
3 - roger nowosielski
Or let's put it this way: if I'm guilty as charged, at least I had come upon it independently.
4 - Clavos
Wow! Cool blast from the past, Troll!
5 - roger nowosielski
Well, if the shoe fits ...
Just kidding, Mr. Zorro.
6 - Baronius
Roger, you hadn't noticed that you've been spouting a lot of Marxism lately?
7 - roger nowosielski
I would think, Baronius, that this article in particular is somewhat anti-Marx.
8 - Boeke
Was that leninism or lennonism?
9 - roger nowosielski
I surely hope the latter was meant.
10 - roger nowosielski
Breaking news from BBC: Mubarak is expected to resign.
11 - Clavos
Breaking news from Blogcritics; people are gathering in anticipation of an announcement.
12 - roger nowosielski
I guess like all good warriors, they know not when to quit.
13 - roger nowosielski
Live stream video from Al Jazeera English.
14 - roger nowosielski
What's desperately needed is another T.E. Lswrence.
15 - Alan Kurtz
Yes, those Arabian camel-humpers can't possibly stage their own revolution without an Anglo hero leading them, preferably one with sun-bleached blond hair and with a white scarf streaming in the wind from his neck.
16 - Boeke
Breaking news from the radio: Mubarak thumbed his nose at the citizens of Egypt. He's not going anyplace. Who does he think he is? Benito Musseroni?
Perhaps he'll end up hanging from a lamppost.
17 - roger nowosielski
Well, Alan, I thought I'd draw your attention.
18 - Alan Kurtz
What is this, a typo war? I can't decide which I like better, Lswrence or Musseroni.
19 - roger nowosielski
Freezing his bank accounts should be the next step. That would get him running like a dog with a tail between his legs.
20 - roger nowosielski
I happen to think Boeke's was intentional - a pun on macaroni perhaps. Mine wasn't, I'm afraid.
21 - roger nowosielski
Anyway, Obama's to meet with his National Security Council to decide on the next step.
22 - Alan Kurtz
If "Musseroni" is Boeke's idea of a pun on macaroni, we should freeze Boeke's bank accounts.
23 - roger nowosielski
"Musseroni":
Mussels & Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat!
24 - Dr Dreadful
The wind from his neck? Did Lawrence have a trach?
25 - Alan Kurtz
Like all Brits, whenever he opened his mouth, gusts of hot air blew out.