mac_hine
08-17-2012, 06:12 PM
Somebody posted this interview on another thread that has now been closed. I just got around to listening to it, and recommend everyone watch it. It shouldn't matter if you love or hate Alex Jones. Just listen, regardless. His guest is an activist named Larry Pickney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qXov39nMS3k
At 16:52 Mr Pickney says, "We all come from Mother Africa, we all come from Planet Earth." That reminded me of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3wx9X_27xE
And please people, don't derail this thread by getting involved in infighting. That's the last thing our movement needs.
"As the libertarian movement matured, the usual fate befell the institution: factionalism. It seems to happen to many institutions in this world. They become far more concerned about differences among the true believers than about the bigger goal that drove the mission in the first place. As "Life of Brian" might put it, the activists of the Judean People's Front spend all their time and energy hating the People's Front of Judea – never mind the Romans.
I have a theory as to why this happens – actually, it's not my theory. It belonged to St. Thomas Aquinas. It all comes down to the impossible goals that these movements set for themselves even as they fail to set the normal daily markers that push history forward and motivate people on a day-to-day basis. The original hope of revolution fades. The light dims and they find themselves in darkness.
People have a desire to make some difference in the world, and to be truly recognized for the difference they make, as Hegel would say. Since the impossible goal can't be achieved ("that mountain should fall now!"), the activists despair and turn to doing bad things to each other, as a means of affirming their temporal significance on this earth. Ignored by the world, people in these institutions seek ratification of their importance by struggling with the only people who really care about what they are saying. This is why so many people in the "movement" turn on each other; it is a sign of despair that their work is otherwise not amounting to much.
This is why I advocate the unity of commerce and ideology. It puts together two forms of idealism: commercial success with philosophical advancement. It gives markers of success. It ratifies a job well done. It rewards cooperation and civility. It affirms and recognizes the significance of what we are doing. It enhances human well-being on a day to day basis." ~Jeffrey Tucker, in an interview with www.thedailybell.com
http://www.thedailybell.com/4175/Anthony-Wile-Jeffrey-Albert-Tucker-on-Laissez-Faire-Books-Intellectual-Property-Rights-and-Beautiful-Anarchy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qXov39nMS3k
At 16:52 Mr Pickney says, "We all come from Mother Africa, we all come from Planet Earth." That reminded me of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3wx9X_27xE
And please people, don't derail this thread by getting involved in infighting. That's the last thing our movement needs.
"As the libertarian movement matured, the usual fate befell the institution: factionalism. It seems to happen to many institutions in this world. They become far more concerned about differences among the true believers than about the bigger goal that drove the mission in the first place. As "Life of Brian" might put it, the activists of the Judean People's Front spend all their time and energy hating the People's Front of Judea – never mind the Romans.
I have a theory as to why this happens – actually, it's not my theory. It belonged to St. Thomas Aquinas. It all comes down to the impossible goals that these movements set for themselves even as they fail to set the normal daily markers that push history forward and motivate people on a day-to-day basis. The original hope of revolution fades. The light dims and they find themselves in darkness.
People have a desire to make some difference in the world, and to be truly recognized for the difference they make, as Hegel would say. Since the impossible goal can't be achieved ("that mountain should fall now!"), the activists despair and turn to doing bad things to each other, as a means of affirming their temporal significance on this earth. Ignored by the world, people in these institutions seek ratification of their importance by struggling with the only people who really care about what they are saying. This is why so many people in the "movement" turn on each other; it is a sign of despair that their work is otherwise not amounting to much.
This is why I advocate the unity of commerce and ideology. It puts together two forms of idealism: commercial success with philosophical advancement. It gives markers of success. It ratifies a job well done. It rewards cooperation and civility. It affirms and recognizes the significance of what we are doing. It enhances human well-being on a day to day basis." ~Jeffrey Tucker, in an interview with www.thedailybell.com
http://www.thedailybell.com/4175/Anthony-Wile-Jeffrey-Albert-Tucker-on-Laissez-Faire-Books-Intellectual-Property-Rights-and-Beautiful-Anarchy