the idea that we're going to collectively sit down and think everything through before we do it is naive - we'd need to be gods for that. or maybe bees. we're going to act before we think. the thinkers are left with a responsibility to devise ways to minimize the damage from this. i think that this was closer to what marx was trying to get across, this idea that philosophers need to get out in front of the mob and try and have some influence over it before they start pitchforking each other. which, was actually somewhat of an obvious observation, coming out of the french revolution and failed revolts of the nineteenth century. lots of angry people. no coherent thought. and, isn't that actually the same problem we face today?

faced with this inevitability of people running amok one way or another, there's no other real answer. marx was just being logical. this is smelly, utopian-type thinking.

and, i think this is why marx' economic determinism is so attractive, despite being determinism. the robots are almost here, and they promise a master/slave relationship without a victim.

it's the last thing a disillusioned post-marxist wants to hear in 2015. especially from an empirical driven anarchist. but wait for it.

broadly speaking, the americans are pushing the same points the british empire was pushing 150 years ago. and the intelligentsia wants to tell you the era of empires is over...

i just hope they searched johnny boy and his cabal for opium on the way in, and specified he not arrive by gunboat.

he's not lying when he points out that the us doesn't want a conflict in the region - or at least not until it sets up it's toys. this is stalemate by necessity, not by choice. likewise, it always makes me laugh when they talk about chinese pressure on north korea - as though the dear leader wouldn't have to deal with the people's army crossing that old river again should he do anything idiotic, for the precise reason that they don't want anybody else thinking about it.

it's just not clear to my why they need the bravado. it's not like anybody really takes it seriously. it would simply come off as delusional, if i didn't know better.

you know what else is funny about this developing mess, though? i don't think a second strike is likely from china. not that i think this is a serious concern, i'm just musing.

this whole mad thing? i don't think they'd do it. they'd just take the hit as population control, go underground and wait it out. and, then you're dealing with some interesting trade relations.

the senate today passed a bill blocking imports from china due to fears of radiation. 'cause, you know. we just nuked 'em.

veterans are mostly murdering scumbags, and i fully support spitting on them. in fact, i fully support trying the bulk of them for war crimes and publicly executing them. and i'd support deporting the ones that get acquitted; i don't want veterans in my community, as they're a threat to public safety. the exception is conscription-era veterans, because they didn't have a choice. however, if they're walking around like they're proud of it, they're fair game.

these people don't solve problems, they create them.

hey, hey, nicholas connole, how many iraqi children did you kill today?