That's a great article--thanks for linking it. It states in a much more articulate way than I ever could the essential hollowness of this movement--not in a mocking mean way, but in a way that's thoughtful and, yes, meaningful. These protests remind of the worst of postmodernity--echoes upon meaningless echoes, with no there there.
That's a great article--thanks for linking it. It states in a much more articulate way than I ever could the essential hollowness of this movement--not in a mocking mean way, but in a way that's thoughtful and, yes, meaningful. These protests remind of the worst of postmodernity--echoes upon meaningless echoes, with no there there.
ReplyDeleteHere is my answer to his essay:
ReplyDeleteIs Wall Street Opposition "vain ritualised unconsequential protesting"?