tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426426555692496468.post3368669868299597881..comments2023-09-02T06:02:56.372-07:00Comments on Swimming Up Chaos River: REPUBLICANS & THE TEA PARTYOld Mr. Still Struggling with Ceaseless Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14217775787638612600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426426555692496468.post-34472971020022156062010-11-05T13:06:44.155-07:002010-11-05T13:06:44.155-07:00That said, one has to remember that generalities a...That said, one has to remember that generalities are fictions, that only individuals exist -- even if one argues that generalities (as ideas) are real. <br />If there's war, whom do we rely on? To a large degree, these kind of people. When the Hitlers, Stalins, and Ahmedinejads start strutting, who can give them the basilisk stare? These sorts of people. <br />So they are a natural part of the super-organism -- a liability, but also a resource, in extremis. Can you fight a war with Liberal intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals? The problem is, once these people get power, you will have nothing but war -- against smaller countries, against other big countries, against citizens and employees, etc.Old Mr. Still Struggling with Ceaseless Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217775787638612600noreply@blogger.com