Slog - Comments on Re: 2008 McCain Moment of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day Got that? This faltering economy stuff is all in your head. Please continue to consume and spend as usual. I actually agree with McCain's assessment of things, and, to a good degree, so would Marx. If the first book of Capital is about anything, it's this: capitalism is less an economic system and more a belief system. The end of capitalism is then the end of a certain spell, a disenchantment. This disenchantment, however, is not like the one that's pictured in the movie The Matrix, a fall from the illusions of happiness to the miseries of reality. Nor is... Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:59:20 -0800 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:13:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DaiBando Great. Just what I need first thing in the morning. A lecture on semiotics.

]]> DaiBando http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070211 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:06:00 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore in other news, karl rove refuses to testify in front of congress, may face contempt charges.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070218 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:12:56 -0800 Comment by james Ah, to be re-enchanted, a thousand times over, again and again. Peace everlasting, world without end!

]]> james http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070219 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:14:27 -0800 Comment by chops how much did marx pay for a gallon of milk?

]]> chops http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070222 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:16:00 -0800 Comment by anonymonday @ #4. That's a difficult question, his labour theory of value was pretty much worthless.

]]> anonymonday http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070246 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:34:20 -0800 Comment by Ries It appears you also agree with Phil Gramm, another great marxist- he says we are not in a recession at all, its all in our heads.

Charles Mudede- Marxist Republican

It does have a certain ring to it...

]]> Ries http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070250 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:37:40 -0800 Comment by Timothy Charles...is Marxism a belief system?

]]> Timothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070258 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:44:27 -0800 Comment by i think it is Is it possible to develop an intense personal dislike of someone simply by their Slog posts (namely Charles)?

]]> i think it is http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070265 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:51:39 -0800 Comment by I'm with #8 Yes, #8. Yes it is.

]]> I'm with #8 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070547 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:09:20 -0800 Comment by DENVERPOLIS Marx wrote about THE MATRIX?

]]> DENVERPOLIS http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070677 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:52:02 -0800 Comment by Fnarf It is impossible to dislike Charles.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070754 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:15:28 -0800 Comment by Hey wait I like Charles' posts.

]]> Hey wait http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1070930 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:12:49 -0800 Comment by GK This is quite true. Economic activity is self-fulfilling: if you think it's slowing down, it will.

]]> GK http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1071028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_2008_mccain_moment_of_the_day#c1071028 Money Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:47:25 -0800 Comment by #8 What?

"We accept that the nature of humans is first of all symbolic."

What does that mean?

I feel like I'm reading stuff I wrote when I was high in college. Talk to the jury, Charles, make it clear.

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