Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Just a Thought on A and D In 1969, Ayn Rand presented a lecture to the Ford Hall Forum that later became a chapter in The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, which was changed after her death into The Return of the Primitive. Apollo and Dionysus She compared the Apollo 11 moon landing to the Woodstock music festival as examples of two concrete manifestations of opposing philosophical premises. Today we are seeing the same dichotomy, except in a different manner. Today, we had SpaceX: Trump applauds SpaceX launch as 'inspiration for our country' And we also had riots, looting and mob violence in several cities. Trump vows to stop 'mob violence' amid riots over George Floyd death The riots and mayhem were orchestrated and paid for by leftwing people (most of the rioters arrested are not from the cities where they occur), but the Dionysian sense of life and philosophy are not present in the streets like in Rand's Woodstock example. They are present in the fake news mainstream media coverage of them and pretense that these are grass roots demonstrations. The themes are the same, the events are different. Albeit, today, the Dionysian part is a celebration of senseless violence against peaceful innocent people instead of music, sex and drugs under the open sky. But look where our president is. President Trump is dealing with both. And he's doing it well. It's almost like the spirit of the philosopher entered into the politician all these years later. Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Today there is this in America: And this: We have a vote coming in November. These are the two options you will be choosing from at root. Choose wisely. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I cherish, "The Anti-Industrial Revolution." I will not change its name. The guy who deliberately murdered that black guy in Minnie Sota? His wife watched the video and she just filed for divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Like it or not, I got goosebumps watching this. Fuck the riots. This is the good stuff. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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