i always return to this quote from Against the Grain
"I am tempted to see the late Neolithic revolution, for all its contributions to large-scale societies, as something of a deskilling. Adam Smith’s iconic example of the productivity gains achievable through the division of labor was the pin factory, where each minute step of pin making was broken down into a task carried out by a different worker. Alexis de Tocqueville read The Wealth of Nations sympathetically but asked, “What can be expected of a man who has spent twenty years of his life putting heads on pins"
so, our friend found out from the neighbors that the bunnies have been left out there for about 3 weeks now. it at least makes me feel good to know that people have been consistently seeing them around. they must be hiding around nearby mostly then.
i really hope we can get them to safety.
went back. could only find one. still dont have the means to catch it. going back tonight.
also if you claim any philosophers as "obscurantist" you have to have more to back that up than "they're difficult" or "esoteric" or anything like that.
marx's critique of political economy seems plenty "esoteric" and unhelpful when you have 0 smith or ricardo under your belt!
have you ever read hobbes? read some leviathan and tell me that it feels straightforward
"For the question is not of promises mutual, where there is no security of performance on either side, as when there is no civil power erected over the parties promising; for such promises are no covenants..."
that sentence from hobbes has like 8 more predicates that i truncated. you tellin me that feels straightforward?
or are you gonna start calling hobbes obscurantist too?
i am "anti-" plenty of ideological camps, parties, orgs, cliques, milieus and more!
when i'm mad at a clique or a milieu i don't blame the theory! why be mad at marx or his writings for what the 2nd international decided?
A wandering deer, building shrines along the way.