Nobody Cares About Philosophy

[Innula Zenovka]

the collapse of academic Marxism – as a body of normatively motivated social criticism – has been complete. Hence the fundamental unseriousness of contemporary Marxism in public discourse. Popular Marxism (along with the sort of Gramscian or “cultural” Marxism one finds in critical studies departments) has become a religion without a theology. I can understand why some people might be reluctant to read serious Marxist theory, if the primary upshot is that it turns you into a liberal, but if the alternative is the style of aggressive, in-your-face stupidity found in Jacobin magazine (i.e. “I’m going to talk like a Marxist, even though none of it makes any sense, because you can’t stop me!”), then it seems to me a price worth paying.

John Rawls and the death of Western Marxism

Back when I was an undergraduate, during the final years of the cold war, by far the most exciting thing going on in political philosophy was the powerful resurgence of Marxism in the English-speaking world.

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[Bartholomew Gallacher]

It is not important if academic Marxism is still a thing or not, like it or not his ideas still live on and do enrage people.

The PRC gifted a new statue of Marx to the city of Trier in Germany, Marx' birthplace in 2018 to celebrate his 200th birthday. It generated an outcry of many people all over the world.

Marx for sure would have loved that, being dead but still making people angry. There are not many philosophers who have made such a lasting impact on people and nations all over the globe.

Karl Marx statue erected in Trier – DW – 04/13/2018

A statue of Karl Marx has been erected in the revolutionary philosopher's hometown in western Germany. The sculpture has proven a controversial addition to the community — not least because it was a present from China.

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

not least because it was a present from China.

 

[Soen Eber]

not least because it was a present from China.

Better check it for listening devices.

 

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

"How about you eat my shit and hair." -Corollary by Diogenes.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

"How about you eat my shit and hair." -Corollary by Diogenes.

Thanks Marcus Aurelius.....but about your son....Commodus. We need to talk.

 

[Free]

Combining philosophy and amphibian puns takes skill.

 

[Free]

Aurora just thinking out loud about shit proves she's the philosopher we need, but not the one we deserve right now.



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[Argent Stonecutter]

Clark Kent's glasses aren't prescription.

 

[Noodles]

Aurora is the best.

When I went to her show in Chicago, she had everyone sniff the flowers someone gave her while on stage as a collectoce audience. Then she was like, "Everyone crack your knuckles at once, because it would be fun." Basically.

Why am I describing it, there is a video out there of it.

 

[Free]

Clark Kent's glasses aren't prescription.

Depending on the comic book run. Sometimes he gets them from his father, so then they'd be Jonathan Kent's prescription. Sometimes they're made from glass or crystal off the ship that brought him to Earth. Sometimes they're meant to darken his eye color, or used for various other comic bookish plot points.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

OK, Hermione, he still doesn't need to go to an optometrist.

Edit: I seem to recall reading about a WWII-era strip where Clark Kent goes in for his physical and has to keep them from realizing he's Superman. He ends up failing.

 

[Free]

OK, Hermione, he still doesn't need to go to an optometrist.

He doesn't? Gee, thanks.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

He doesn't? Gee, thanks.

So no eye doctor to know his true identity.

 

[Casey Pelous]

So no eye doctor to know his true identity.

There are far more serious logistical issues to consider:

1) Never mind the glasses, what does Mr. Superman do with his suit/shoes/hat/etc. when he "freshens up?"

II) Phone booths have almost totally disappeared from the face of the Earth. Does this explain why we have not seen Mr. Superman lately?

Item 1) has now been bothering me, off and on, since I was about 8.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

He uses superspeed to go home and change. He has been working with his therapist on his stripping in public problem.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

There are far more serious logistical issues to consider:

1) Never mind the glasses, what does Mr. Superman do with his suit/shoes/hat/etc. when he "freshens up?"

II) Phone booths have almost totally disappeared from the face of the Earth. Does this explain why we have not seen Mr. Superman lately?

Item 1) has now been bothering me, off and on, since I was about 8.

IIRC in the old days he super compressed his civvies and kept them in a hidden pouch behind his belt.