tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post5381931588508053772..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: What has been lost? - IIIDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-66350835384296358582008-04-20T16:43:00.000+02:002008-04-20T16:43:00.000+02:00Thanks for the tip, I already receive Wallerstein ...Thanks for the tip, I already receive Wallerstein of a weekly basis. He is very good.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-43207747151904485432008-04-20T16:40:00.000+02:002008-04-20T16:40:00.000+02:00And, by the way, that is a fantastic photo.And, by the way, that is a fantastic photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-85490493623892808792008-04-20T16:11:00.000+02:002008-04-20T16:11:00.000+02:00This post is a homerun. I live in south Florida an...This post is a homerun. I live in south Florida and work on the houses of the .1% in Palm Beach. Many of my colleagues are from South America, here pursuing their American dream of a better life. Just a few days ago I was haranguing a friend from Ecuador with thoughts along the lines of socialismo o barbaridad, which were met with stunned silence because, I imagine, socialism is the last thing Latinos were seeking in leaving their homes for a life in America. This friend views Rafael Correa and his socialist tendencies very suspiciously, and is convinced that someone (Chavez, although the name was never mentioned) is behind all the current tension with Colombia. This is just a clumsy way of saying that you are so right in observing that the core of truth in the idea of socialism needs to be rethought (repackaged?). It is widely seen as something unsavory, to say the least. In 1989, I was living in Paris and the fall of the Wall was met there, as well, with crowing about this vindicating capitalism. The current crop of philosophers in France (Henri-Levy, Finkelkraut) are neocons who have shed their early left-wing passions like a bad habit. This will not be easy.<BR/>I would also like to thank you for the link to Billmon's archives, and bring to your attention,if necessary, one Immanuel Wallerstein and his bi-mensual commentary from the Fernand Braudel Center at the State University of New York, Binghamton. They can be found at fbc.binghamton.edu/cmpg.htm, where you can sign-up to receive them by email.<BR/>Thanks for the terrific post. This is right up there with your post on James Brown for sheer energizing synthesis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com