tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post1970014887415357437..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: The Smallholder "Revolt"Jack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-5454047752004596292010-11-16T00:31:32.586-05:002010-11-16T00:31:32.586-05:00Jack, thanks for clarifying that. I was reading a ...Jack, thanks for clarifying that. I was reading a bit fast, and your use of "cracker" threw me off--I think of crackers as white folks who work for the holders, both large and small. But on reread, your use is clear.<br /><br />And, yeah, I'm afraid the Tea Party could become the shock troops, too, if they don't come to see beyond the Duopoly.Will Shetterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539053268352597627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-67902924121074499232010-11-15T15:46:30.643-05:002010-11-15T15:46:30.643-05:00Thanks, Will.
I try to differentiate between the...Thanks, Will. <br /><br />I try to differentiate between the poor whites and small holders. If I was unclear in my characterization, the onus is on me.<br /><br />I don't mean to imply - when discussing a shop holder, such as in the example above - that these people are working class, or poor.<br /><br />Assuming a terrible possible future, where the GOP fails to deliver a captive electorate of small holders, and we get a period of fascist interregnum*, these smallholders and petit bourgeoisie are the likely shock troops of that order. The poor and working poor - the proletariat, such as still remains - will go along in so much as the alternative is death.<br /><br />Respect,<br /><br />Jack<br /><br />* - I do not think national and political fascism can last. It is in my estimation always a phase transition.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-10250626596077893212010-11-15T10:04:43.402-05:002010-11-15T10:04:43.402-05:00(Apologies if this is a double-post. Something bli...(Apologies if this is a double-post. Something blipped in my browser.)<br /><br />Good rant, but you might read up a bit more on the white poor and the Tea Party. The Tea Party polls as being richer than average. The white poor, even in the South today, tend to vote Democrat, 'cause that's the closest they can get to their class interest. And keep in mind that there are twice as many poor white folks as black or Hispanic ones, so if things are ever going to change, the white poor, the people snobs dismiss as rednecks and crackers and trailer trash, can't be ignored.Will Shetterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539053268352597627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-50237983137407948712010-11-06T18:38:24.275-04:002010-11-06T18:38:24.275-04:00You lost Jesus? Again?
To lose one Jesus might b...You lost Jesus? <i>Again?</i><br /><br />To lose one Jesus might be counted a misfortune. To lose another seems like carelessness.Duncan Mitchelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304723745550906958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-48304199542814332282010-11-02T10:30:52.919-04:002010-11-02T10:30:52.919-04:00fwoan,
Easy shout out. You wrote a succinct truth...fwoan,<br /><br />Easy shout out. You wrote a succinct truth.<br /><br />Oxtrot,<br /><br />I don't believe I could see your fine sit in August...:) Nicely said, even in retrospect.<br /><br />Landru,<br /><br />Glad to be of some use.<br /><br />Randall,<br /><br />"Lawn order" I owe to Alan Watts. I don't much abide by Vedanta, taoism or mysticism any more, but that stuck with me all these decades. I think, as a term, it neatly encapsulates those who call the cops for the slightest "threat" and slave out to the much smarter grass in their yards.<br /><br />BBBB,<br /><br />That's why - unlike some of my other leftist blegher comrades and friends - I think the Tea Party could provide the seed stock for an overtly fascist movement. They aren't going to see their corporate paymasters as the bad guys, because they are willingly deflected to scapegoats. <br /><br />Respect,<br /><br />JackJack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-57489319722068164002010-11-02T09:40:07.922-04:002010-11-02T09:40:07.922-04:00It's an easy sell - because the divide between...<i>It's an easy sell - because the divide between the smallholder/middle class and the the poor and brown has always been extreme, on the North American continent. It's always been clearly marked by race, geography and culture.</i><br /><br />Meanwhile, the divide between the smallholder/middle class and their corporate overlords increases to "Ivory Coast" levels and they fail to see the problem in this.<br /><br />They are blinded by their silly aspirations, and the country passes on to "Banana Republic with Nukes" status.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-36215139832130463942010-11-02T09:26:37.033-04:002010-11-02T09:26:37.033-04:00Swanky stuff. I don't know too many (any?) &qu...Swanky stuff. I don't know too many (any?) "tea partiers" but I know plenty of goopers (and dums, to an extent, in addition to the typical The State Loves You types), and they've certainly expressed the ideas here. <br /><br />Did you have to say 'lawn order' though? I hate those fuckers out at 8am on a Sunday using their leaf blower.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-54826736813725384502010-11-01T16:53:58.178-04:002010-11-01T16:53:58.178-04:00Jack, you're not the guy who I thought would e...Jack, you're not the guy who I thought would end up successfully explaining this to me. But you were that guy, and I thank you very kindly. We will not agree on the substance or the implications, but it's much more clear to me than it was four hours ago, and I am grateful.<br /><br />And Heh!: the magic word is "dedly." Effing awesome, that.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-53412700311649877172010-11-01T15:17:49.098-04:002010-11-01T15:17:49.098-04:00Yep.
The ideas you offered here are a more thorou...Yep.<br /><br />The ideas you offered here are a more thorough explanation of what I was saying in summary here at points 2 through 4:<br /><br />http://pezcandy.blogspot.com/2010/08/assorted.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-9410857546254300102010-11-01T13:48:54.585-04:002010-11-01T13:48:54.585-04:00Thank you for the quote and bravo! An awesome expl...Thank you for the quote and bravo! An awesome explanation of the smallholders' plight.fwoanhttp://forwantofanail.comnoreply@blogger.com