[A-List] Sectarianism, ultra-leftismm and finite state machines

[Todd Boyle]

At 11:34 AM 1/22/2009, Leighm wrote:
"In American vernacular, it's called 'being out of touch'.  "

Exactly!  That's the same reaction I had to the Cuban newspaper article
boosting Obama.   Humphh!  How clueless are they, anyway?

The US has three branches of government.  It has a bicameral legislature,
and all this happy shit.

Well, it also has a bi-stable 2-party political system which *determines*
the selection of presidents and congress.   It oscillates between one
party and the other, both composed of *very* similar political architectures
and even the same constituencies.

It oscillates because of the fact that politicians are inherently liars
and promoters, and voters believe the propositions and predictably,
get angry and cascade to the other party every few years.

The relative power of the two parties changes, and the people in charge
change more slowly (95% of the incumbents are reelected ), and
policy doesn't change very much at all.

Anybody who is serious about changing policy would not focus on
which of the two states in this state-machine, this bi-stable multivibrator
are in the ascendency.   It's a single monolithic machine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_state_machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivibrator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillator

One would first realize we are enslaved by a deterministic system
-a mechanical hell -- and try to find a way out of it,


Todd

At 11:34 AM 1/22/2009, Leighm wrote:
>That IS the critique I've espoused for EXACTLY the organizations you 
>tout so highly Charles.
>
>In American vernacular, it's called 'being out of touch'.
>
>Oh, and NAME-CALLING such as "SectarianISM" and "ultra-leftISM"  for 
>tactics, policies, and strategies you disagree with IS A 
>PARTICULARLY DISGUSTING FORM OF DIVISIVE DESTRUCTIVE SECTARIANISM 
>that has paralysed the US left for most of my lifetime.
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