I didn’t get that from the character. A sociopath, sure, but for the greater good and not out for attention.
From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of glen <geprope...@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 11:40 AM To: friam@redfish.com <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] How democracies die IDK. I don't really analyze cultural artifacts much or very well. But the next sentence might be helpful: "Everything I do is a cure for our current situation." So it's less about cutting his audience/herd into the meritorious versus the meritless and more about his narcissism or arrogance. It's an elevation of him above the herd. On 11/6/24 11:28, steve smith wrote: > glen wrote: > >> I agree. The crossover terms constrain the ungrounded phrases. The more >> crossover terms, the more constrained the ungrounded terms. Had Kevin said >> "What have you done to land you in that place in the world?", then it would >> imply a more constrained space of possible groundings. Prolly wouldn't have >> the necessary moralized narrative, though. > > I took it to be specifically manipulative, suggesting both credit and blame > to double-team the person being confronted with a "header and a heeler", "a > carrot and a stick"... > > Is that in fact, the point of moralized narratives? To "herd" ? > > Though I think Kevin's goal was actually "cutting" or "singling" in the > herding vernacular. > -- ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam <https://bit.ly/virtualfriam> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ <https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ <http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/>
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