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Fuck this for a lark | 101 comments (101 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

The question, again, is it is possible to influence the way the world is going? Is there a point in the system where we can bring enough power to bear to alter the discourse and the path being taken? If not, why are we bothering?

Personally, I'm leaning towards setting up a Phallanstery of sorts somewhere. Sometimes I call it ETopia and sometimes I call it the ET Conference Centre. We know of an old inn in Southern Bohemia with a lot of land and a stable for 20 horses...

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 25th, 2007 at 06:43:39 AM EST

Re: Fuck this for a lark (4.00 / 2)

Phalanstery.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri May 25th, 2007 at 06:48:49 AM EST
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What about a Phalanstery that would serve as a centre and host for social conscription?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri May 25th, 2007 at 06:53:02 AM EST
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You're using "Phallanstery" as a label, right? You're not actually going to try and institute Fourier's ideas.

by ATinNM on Fri May 25th, 2007 at 10:42:48 AM EST
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No, not really.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 25th, 2007 at 10:44:08 AM EST
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it sounds like aleister crowly's abbey of thelema redux...

maybe it's the syllabilic collision between 'phallus' and 'monastery'.

maybe i need professional help

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 25th, 2007 at 06:33:50 PM EST
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ET + Thelema -> scared now

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri May 25th, 2007 at 08:43:28 PM EST
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Mr. Migeru's Phalanstery (4.00 / 2)

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sat May 26th, 2007 at 11:06:29 AM EST
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