Comments on: Mau-Mauing

By: underground-man

underground-man — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:34:59 +0000

Only tangentially relevant, but have you ever seen the movie La chinoise by Godard? If not, check it our right away. A perfect illustration of the ridiculousness of students’ politics.

By: Nick B. Steves

Nick B. Steves — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:03:07 +0000

Okay, that makes sense:

Voice≡freedom of speech for me, not for you.

Freedom of Speech≡freedom of speech.

By: Nick B. Steves

Nick B. Steves — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:00:38 +0000

The collapse of the Keynesian illusion, would I think engender the softest of all possible landings.

By: Thales

Thales — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:08:14 +0000

Well, I certainly won’t pass on this opportunity to make a hasty, knee-jerk response.

My guess: Keynesianism is on the bow of this Titanic and thus sinks first. As in the USSR, the illusion continues until they cannot pay the bills. Culture continues long after its relevancy. Facts on the ground lead.

The contrary argument, that the culture changes first, is that of the optimistic neo-reactionary: what James Donald calls a “soft landing.”

By: admin

admin — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:59:53 +0000

Those questions deserve better than a knee-jerk response — because you’re right that there are several parallel models of runaway leftist collapse on the table, and their inter-relations need thrashing through.

By: Gom Jabbar

Gom Jabbar — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:53:04 +0000

That must obviously be where I read it. I guess my big question is does mau-mauing implode on a different schedule than the Keynesian delusion (or other elements of the left singularity), and if so what impact does it have? Does the former hasten the latter?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:49:38 +0000

Isn’t this Jim’s Left Singularity model, from a slightly different angle? The mau-mauing moves steadily leftwards, as the cultural revolution devours its own, until nothing but psychotic fanaticism remains, then it implodes.

By: Gom Jabbar

Gom Jabbar — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:04:21 +0000

Another example: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2013/06/21/well-that-escalated-quickly

This is someone (if you’re not familiar with PA) who has to the best of my knowledge never stepped down from anything… That’s how bad things are getting.

Also as long as I’m commenting. A question, where does this end? When the two minutes of hate has grown to the 24 hours of hate? Is this on a singularity track by itself?

I forget where I read it, but progressives have to keep progressing to a new set of victims. It should be obvious that at this point they’re really scrapping the bottom of the barrel. What happens when the barrel is dry?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:50:09 +0000

Mao's Last Revolution, Roderick Macfarquhar and Michael Schoenhals is the best thing I've seen, but there are plenty of less hefty accounts that will communicate the basic idea.

By: j. ont.

j. ont. — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:31:51 +0000

And for those of us who know nothing (or very little) about China’s Cultural Revolution… what should we read?