I have nothing academic, just observations of people and the world. My observations were informed by study of Russian and Chinese history as an adjunct to travel- Soviet Union in '86 and China in '88. We were in Leningrad when Chernobyl blew up and Tianamen Square a year before the massacre. I think it's easier to see the loop when you g…
I have nothing academic, just observations of people and the world. My observations were informed by study of Russian and Chinese history as an adjunct to travel- Soviet Union in '86 and China in '88. We were in Leningrad when Chernobyl blew up and Tianamen Square a year before the massacre. I think it's easier to see the loop when you get first-hand observations of how a government treats it's people.
Add that to college stuff where I could see my fringe friends looking very similar on the stridency and extremity of their arguments. Literally the same arguments, eyeballs and bulging veins: the similarities.
I've carried this theory for a long time and saw it reinforced when the Boogaloos contemplated their relationship with extremes of Antifa. I love your gap and spark analogy because it speaks to how those two synergize and release the every of violence. I've not seen many folks make the circular reference, but it's clear as a sunny day to me. If we all saw it that way, it would be easier to find the common ground. Especially when we all understood the hairy eyeball is reserved not just for the folks across from us, but also those behind us.
I have nothing academic, just observations of people and the world. My observations were informed by study of Russian and Chinese history as an adjunct to travel- Soviet Union in '86 and China in '88. We were in Leningrad when Chernobyl blew up and Tianamen Square a year before the massacre. I think it's easier to see the loop when you get first-hand observations of how a government treats it's people.
Add that to college stuff where I could see my fringe friends looking very similar on the stridency and extremity of their arguments. Literally the same arguments, eyeballs and bulging veins: the similarities.
I've carried this theory for a long time and saw it reinforced when the Boogaloos contemplated their relationship with extremes of Antifa. I love your gap and spark analogy because it speaks to how those two synergize and release the every of violence. I've not seen many folks make the circular reference, but it's clear as a sunny day to me. If we all saw it that way, it would be easier to find the common ground. Especially when we all understood the hairy eyeball is reserved not just for the folks across from us, but also those behind us.