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the version of the american revolution seaver presents is inaccurate on a number of levels: the one that links to the point i was making earlier is that it did not happen in an ideological vacuum, but rather took inspiration from tons of whiggish political agitation. and from the tradition of the english revolution itself. in comparison to others--like the french revolution--the american was relatively tepid and modest in many ways, but it was nonetheless what it is called.
there is nothing comparable in terms of oppositional political discourse at the present time. such an opposition remains to be built...so at the moment, if there were a revolt, it would probably come from the extreme right and would rely on bankrupt notions of nationalism to orient it, not because they are coherent---they aren't---but because they exist.
political actions are not things. they are processes. people have to have some idea of what they are doing and more importantly why they are doing it before they will act.
dk: short of time at the moment i am---i'll get back to this later. my apologies.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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