tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post5445434778483197589..comments2024-01-05T13:11:48.050+00:00Comments on ...and what will be left of them?: Let's Get It Oncarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-91086686935890814522013-04-26T08:08:57.435+01:002013-04-26T08:08:57.435+01:00OWS tasted overwhelmingly of one monotonous flavor... OWS tasted overwhelmingly of one monotonous flavor: academia, with a subtle bouquet of career activism<br /><br />ho ho<br /><br />fascinating stuff actually..would be good to have more thinking along these lines that part of teh beckett book is key, innit. Significantly it is also not an incursion into discourse or an attempt to visibly occupy public space or reclaim the streets or prefigure a better social order etc but an invisible but highly destructive/constructive bit of social engineering... invisibility is the key, but that seems difficult when the overriding aim of so much "protest" is to give voice to/visibility to the marginalized etc...the logic of the spectacle...<br /><br /><br />and its just reminded me of something i keep meaning to post...carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-38692531866032109302013-04-25T22:20:48.237+01:002013-04-25T22:20:48.237+01:00'“By this we reference what is now the dominan...'“By this we reference what is now the dominant understanding in organizational management theory: decentralization of personal knowledge is the best way to maximize the contributions of people.” While the glorious decentralization of OWS was supposed to enact some academic theory of space-creating, the glorious decentralization of the Tea Party enacts the principles of the market; it enacts the latest in management theory; it enacts democracy itself.'<br /><br />http://thebaffler.com/past/to_the_precinct_stationPaul Hebronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16238733917627525859noreply@blogger.com