tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post7985822942771548645..comments2024-03-17T09:38:01.251-05:00Comments on Adventus: Same song, seventy-third verse.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-82712522690283217782017-03-11T13:50:56.753-06:002017-03-11T13:50:56.753-06:00I've always consider the Rude Pundit's sht...I've always consider the Rude Pundit's shtick to not be as clever or insightful as it is taken to be.<br /><br />Rudeness is never to be confused with insight.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-83459718625616949402017-03-11T09:16:28.347-06:002017-03-11T09:16:28.347-06:00I think the biggest problem with "liberalism&...I think the biggest problem with "liberalism" is that it has became too much about standing up for rich people in the media and the entertainment industry to make money from smut and trash without censorship, upper-middle-class welfare, etc. instead of what it was supposed to be about. I think the role that alleged liberals and lefties in permitting the media to lie on behalf of rich people and to deceive voters is both the root cause of our problems but also the real, basic value of pseudo-liberalism. But you've read my endless variations on that point. <br /><br />For some reason this reminds me of the research I'm doing for a post, it took me to this interview with Neal Gabler by Bill Moyer about the destructive influence of pop culture on our politics <br /><br />http://billmoyers.com/ajax/transcript/?post=3778<br /><br />but, in finding it, it also led me to a piece about Neal Gabler whining about his self-made financial woes and the many other such articles about rich people who can't exercise enough discipline to keep out of trouble.<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bills/2016/04/neal_gabler_s_atlantic_essay_is_part_of_an_old_aggravating_genre_the_sad.html<br /><br />Needless to say, for all of the insights of some such media scribblers, I don't have much faith in them finding a way out of our woes. And the ones who bloggle and commentate about it online are probably less likely to. Perhaps including me, though I get the feeling that I know some actual poor people who might be convinced that we're not all dismissive snobs who really want to look down on them.<br /><br />The Rude Pundit's act wore out with me on that point. <br /><br /><br />The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com