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Re: The Crisis Of Social Democracy (none / 1)

I suppose that what Cohn-Bendit means is more akin to 'hardware'.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 10:10:41 AM EST
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I think he's just suggesting what is inscribed in memory. The ideological fundamentals that don't change easily.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 10:33:28 AM EST
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He means it's written on the hard disk, and cannot be erased (without extraordinary efforts, with a special software he kindly provides with)

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by Patrice Ayme on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 10:38:17 AM EST
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Metaphors into Absurdity! (n/t) (none / 1)

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 10:43:19 AM EST
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Re: Metaphors into Absurdity! (n/t) (none / 1)

Maybe Cohn-Bendit should read Impostures Intellectuelles.

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by martingale on Wed Jun 10th, 2009 at 02:36:39 AM EST
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Re: Metaphors into Absurdity! (n/t) (none / 1)

Maybe he was speaking quickly and using some poorly-thought-out metaphors. Which doesn't, imo, subtract from the overall interest of what he has to say about French and European politics.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jun 10th, 2009 at 02:57:07 AM EST
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Re: Metaphors into Absurdity! (n/t) (4.00 / 2)

He was not speaking quickly neither is the metaphor from DCB: it's a classic one from french politics, because usually none of them know how to work a computer.

I distinctly remind JP Raffarin using the same metaphor, and the PS is a usual suspect also.

A free fox in a free henhouse!

by Xavier in Paris on Wed Jun 10th, 2009 at 05:01:33 AM EST
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Re: The Crisis Of Social Democracy (4.00 / 3)

Yes, in contrast to "software," a/k/a "symbolic-analytic work." <snort> Worth considering, too, are concommitant economic values of capital and expected investment returns, implied by the metaphorical license vested by Westworld legislatures in IT infrastructure, R&D, and marketing, rather than ecological drivers general advocated by "greens".

Econometric literature comparing corporate hardware and software investment over the past 40 years is substantial and indicative.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 11:06:01 AM EST
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