Uncle Joe

[libertango]

Lance Knobel is the man behind Davos Newbies, a blog whose interest has long outlived its title (Lance was once an organizer for the Davos forum). Lance has some sharp observations about the parallels between Bush, et al., and Stalin:

"...I have to confess that there were many points in Stalin where my thoughts turned to today’s Washington. Consider some of the parallels. Stalin’s absurd promotion of the pseudo-science of Trofim Lysenko. Check. The elevation of doctrine over truth. Check. The importance of agreeing with the leader even if decisions are clearly wrong. Check. The relentless manipulation of news. Check."

Given the Trotskyist origins of many of the intellectually inclined "neo-cons," perhaps we should just call them "neo-joes," or "neo-Stalinists," instead?

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

The problem is that, as true as any of this may be, as soon as we say it the mainstream stops listening. I think this is one of our most profound problems, and I don't know how to overcome it. What do you do when you can't talk about what you need to talk about?

B