tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071006381768584002.post5280387009049481743..comments2023-03-03T13:44:00.800+10:00Comments on Forwendings: Some thoughts on The WireRüdiger Landmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16585645394906905633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071006381768584002.post-57220483808468321972012-12-24T23:34:33.682+10:002012-12-24T23:34:33.682+10:00"It is (to describe it figuratively) as if an..."It is (to describe it figuratively) as if an author were to make a slip of the pen, and as if this clerical error became conscious of being such. Perhaps this was no error but in a far higher sense was an essential part of the whole exposition. It is, then, as if this clerical error were to revolt against the author, out of hatred for him, were to forbid him to correct it, and were to say, "No, I will not be erased, I will stand as a witness against thee, that thou art a very poor writer."<br>– Søren Kierkegaard<br><br>That's what watching The Wire was like for me when I watched it. Every episode demonstrated the way that bureaucratic institutions force people to achieve the exact opposite of what the institutions are set up to achieve.<br><br>Few institutions work properly in the United States. Most institutions are parasitical, feeding on the people whom they claim to help. I grew up in the United States, hearing all the good government bullshit that they feed to kids. George Washington cut down a cherry tree and he could not tell a lie to his father about it, and he took responsibility for cutting down the cherry tree. If you work hard, you will find a good job in the United States that will allow you to buy a house and provide for your family. The police are helpful, capable people interested in making sure that you are safe, and they will never threaten, harass, rape, beat, or kill you. But it's all bullshit. The truth is that the United States is owned by a small number of private businesses, and that they have been fighting imperial wars for over a century and now they see a way of making money by privatizing the prison system.J. Zachary Doverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978065047146626717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071006381768584002.post-31583275886800090272012-12-21T18:39:29.117+10:002012-12-21T18:39:29.117+10:00Looking forward to a Freudian analysis of the new ...Looking forward to a Freudian analysis of the new Star Trek.sitapatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607527432021906674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071006381768584002.post-38955759681234566622012-12-03T10:24:32.972+10:002012-12-03T10:24:32.972+10:00Thanks; I stand corrected.Thanks; I stand corrected.Gerhardt Himmelmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133703603569158762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071006381768584002.post-78551384202957868572012-12-02T23:03:20.930+10:002012-12-02T23:03:20.930+10:00She's not killed.She's not killed.J. Zachary Doverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978065047146626717noreply@blogger.com