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Lexicus

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    1. Takhisis
      Takhisis
      Where did Polanyi say that line about industrial societies being able to afford to be free?
      Jul 3, 2019
      2. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        idk how I missed this, it's near the end of The Great Transformation. I think maybe the last chapter.
        Sep 23, 2019
      3. Takhisis
        Takhisis
        Well, I'm seeing Polanyi quoted in works on the oeconomicks of Ancient Greece so I suppose I'd better start gathering some of the man's bibliography before the Kirchnerists confiscate all passports and ban book imports or something.
        Oct 5, 2019
    2. Narz
      Narz
      Sorry I've been a dick to you on occasion
      Jun 3, 2019
    3. hobbsyoyo
      hobbsyoyo
      Mar 29, 2019
    4. Owen Glyndwr
      Owen Glyndwr
      you no longer on #fiftychat? I've been on the last week or two, haven't seen you around.

      Also, why can't I PM you?
      Feb 1, 2019
      2. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        i just haven't been going on it because i've been rather addicted to video games the last couple of weeks lol
        since you're now the fourth or fifth person to tell me they can't PM me I'm going to finally PM a staff member about it.
        Feb 1, 2019
    5. innonimatu
      innonimatu
      Apparently it is impossible to start a conversation (what passes for PM now) with you? I'll just tell you here to take a look at Adam Tooze's latest musings, it's worth it.
      Jan 10, 2019
      2. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        it shouldn't be impossible, I haven't been banned or anything. I've been trying to figure this out for a few days - I found a couple of articles by Tooze but they were written a while ago: do you mean his latest book? or something else?
        Jan 14, 2019
    6. shadowplay
      shadowplay
      Is today your birthday? :)
      Dec 19, 2018
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      2. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        *frantically scours profile to figure out how you found out*
        Dec 19, 2018
      3. shadowplay
        shadowplay
        It's on your IALS profile.
        Dec 19, 2018
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    7. Takhisis
      Takhisis
      Get unbanned so that I can continue to make semi-tangential posts in the brexit thread for somebody who'll at least read them.
      Oct 30, 2018
      2. Takhisis
        Takhisis
        Oh yay you're back!
        Nov 5, 2018
      3. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        yeah
        Nov 5, 2018
      4. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        sry i forgot about this
        Nov 5, 2018
    8. hobbsyoyo
      hobbsyoyo
      Brah where u b ?

      I see you liking comments but not commenting yourself what gives b?
      Sep 29, 2018
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      3. hobbsyoyo
        hobbsyoyo
        Unacceptable
        Sep 29, 2018
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      4. hobbsyoyo
        hobbsyoyo
        (I thought maybe you were banned)
        Sep 29, 2018
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      5. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        nah, there'd be a strike through my name if that was the case.
        Sep 29, 2018
    9. Traitorfish
      Traitorfish
      Your comment on the "PC Culture" thread reminded me that I'd been meaning to ask if you've ever read "Revolution in the Air" by Max Elbaum? If you're not familiar, it's a sympathetically critical account of the American New Left from the SDS through to the start of the Reagan era. It's interesting stuff, even if it did make me sympathise with Maoists without my consent.
      Jun 23, 2018
      2. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        I have not, but I have read a few good pieces about the SDS and its fate, enough that some of the stuff I've seen on Leftbook, left tumblr etc started making more sense.
        I think accounts of "SJWism" often try to frame the phenomena in terms of, like, the unique moral failings of the millennial generation but it seems so obvious that it's a response to the material conditions of the contemporary era...
        Jun 23, 2018
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      3. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        There's a sale on Verso books so I'm bout to get the ebook of that for half off along with a bunch of other stuff probably...
        Jun 23, 2018
    10. hobbsyoyo
      hobbsyoyo
      For sure they do deserve some legal protections, just not all the same protections as people. What was striking is like I said, a dude who wrote the 14th am. actually lied to SCOTUS in a case, then the court clerk put in a straight up falsehood in the case summary that subsequent SCOTUS's have used in their judgements. It's atrocious
      Mar 29, 2018
      2. Buster's Uncle
        Buster's Uncle
        I say if you can't go to jail for breaking the law, it's ridiculous to have the legal protections of a person.
        Mar 29, 2018
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    11. hobbsyoyo
      hobbsyoyo
      up lies were told to the SCOTUS and more lies were inserted into a summary of a SCOTUS ruling to give them 14th amendment protections.
      Mar 29, 2018
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      2. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        We actually did a reading in one of my classes long ago on this, it was a paper that I might be able to find if I try hard enough. Basically it tells the same story, of how corporations used to be chartered for some specific purpose and were held to exist at the pleasure of the public,
        Mar 29, 2018
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      3. Lexicus
        Lexicus
        then through a series of court cases they became immortal and had various legal protections applied. Some of those legal protections were fine with me, others should be rolled back.
        Anyway I'll definitely check this out later today, got a three-hour train ride later so there'll be plenty of time to listen then.
        Mar 29, 2018
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    12. hobbsyoyo
      hobbsyoyo
      Mar 29, 2018
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    13. GoodEnoughForMe
      GoodEnoughForMe
      dudeu youre' cool that's coll
      Mar 20, 2017
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    14. _random_
      _random_
      Great, let me know what you think.
      Sep 20, 2016
    15. _random_
      _random_
      Here's the video with sutitles. Here's a transcript published in Jacobin.
      Sep 18, 2016
    16. _random_
      _random_
      Did you ever watch that Iglesias video I posted in that one thread? It's a good watch and something I think you'd appreciate.
      Sep 15, 2016
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