On 10/27/21 7:34 AM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote:
I have no idea how to respond to this post. I don't know what "neener, neener,
neener" means, unfortunately.
For some reason, I feel like King Arthur at the base of the French castle in
The Holy Grail: https://youtu.be/QSo0duY7-9s
I do believe that one proper translation of the hand gestures and raspberries of the
French Knight comes out roughly as "neener neener neener!" though I doubt that
helps lay down a proper drawbridge across the moat-chasm at the base of the castle-wall
of ignorance.
Silly Walks, Silly Talks?
But the grand narrative I'm talking about is the (I suppose Rawlsian?) social
contract, including the wall of ignorance. That's distinct, I think, from the
altruism of joining a collective effort to take responsibility for the future.
The social contract argument seems fundamentally self-serving, especially the
wall of ignorance fulcrum. It's a neo-liberal rhetorical device used to bridge
the chasm between self-serving and pro-social perspectives.
It's that bridge that is the grand narrative of the social contract. If you
don't buy into that story, then the whole thing comes crumbling down. Most of
my generation (X) and the Y's and Z's are calling the emperor naked at this
point. So when you tell the story of the pre- and post- civil war understanding
of the constitution to anyone under, say, 50 years old, you *might* want to
consider that.
For some reason, I feel like King Arthur at the base of the French castle in
The Holy Grail: https://youtu.be/QSo0duY7-9s
On 10/26/21 1:03 PM, thompnicks...@gmail.com wrote:
Grand narratives. Oh, neener, neener, neener. I assume that we are all endowed with a
very fuzzy ruleset from which patterns of association arise. What's grand about it. I
admit to a desire to join with others in taking responsibility for our future. I think
that such a joining is a "good", even while conceding that, given complexity,
that the future we plan for is unlikely to be the future we get.
How DARE you pin me with a categorical pin. Besides, I am much more pomo than
you are.
As I said: Neener, neener, neener. And so's your old man.
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