New Cities/New Soviets

December 30, 2004

autonomy (is) for dummies 2

ah here a loose thread...

key concept propogated by grand-peres D&G:
the distinction between "power-to" and "power-over".
it's a bogey I tell you, the
same phenomenon looked at through two
different fun-house mirrors.

every power-to is also a power-over,
a fact
tacity acknowledged in D&G's
over-inflated
wrasslins
with this toothless lion-cub.

abuse is abuse -- plain and simple,
without embellishment.
call it on it's own terms.

dive into the pandora's box of "not taking power"
and you give over your meetings
to continual obstruction.


to say that the instruments of power,
as they exist
are not effective for our ends
is quite another thing.
and here's the slip:
what may be a viable political position
in the "decolonialized" world (though not
necessarily one I agree with across the board),
but it is
manifestly incorrect and utterly wrongheaded
to apply the same political determination
to the neocolonial metropoles!


the apparent radical absolutism
of "autonomy"
is revealed as softheadedness
swimming in generalities.

Posted by Sam at December 30, 2004 01:22 AM

it pleases me
that you
tire of
all these
left libertarian sproutings

prole quietism ?

thats the john lennon route:

up your own ass hole

to the next circle jerk

what mushrooms
they all are

Posted by: meat me at December 30, 2004 09:41 AM

power "over" what?

people or property

power "to"
is limited by property rules

this self expansion
this individual liberty max shit
always runs up against
the neighbors barn yard fence :

private property rights

Posted by: pretty pink at December 31, 2004 12:38 PM

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