tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post5579023767822088871..comments2024-02-18T18:59:06.164+00:00Comments on Econosophy and other musings: Mornings at EightTobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258136994278139356noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-25224032593603505652012-02-19T06:18:07.825+00:002012-02-19T06:18:07.825+00:00Thanks for the tip, Debbie, I'll look into it....Thanks for the tip, Debbie, I'll look into it.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258136994278139356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-50917843448700381112012-02-18T18:09:50.920+00:002012-02-18T18:09:50.920+00:00I have vague memories of the complicated status of...I have vague memories of the complicated status of the police in Germany during the time period you are talking about.<br />This status persisted into WW2, I think.<br />I seem to remember Christopher Browning talking about this issue in "Ordinary Men", the book about the police commandos who were sent into Poland to mass murder Jews. (The title may be wrong ; I only saw the book in French.)Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510189619803992336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-87500841477862632052012-02-18T16:01:13.114+00:002012-02-18T16:01:13.114+00:00Hi swiss,
but this is not a colonial situation; t...Hi swiss,<br /><br />but this is not a colonial situation; this is a German soldier-policeman on German soil between WWI and WWII. <br /><br />Was there at that time a fusion between army and policing? Because my knowledge here is poor, I took Tucholsky's use of "Polizeisoldaten" metaphorically, as an indication of the pervasive and powerful presence of the state, even on humdrum street corners.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258136994278139356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-22665392472545706292012-02-18T12:58:41.982+00:002012-02-18T12:58:41.982+00:00Hi Toby,
Polizeisoldaten are mentioned in colonia...Hi Toby,<br /><br />Polizeisoldaten are mentioned in colonial context.<br />I guess it is the form of organization (barracking, weaponary), why the word "soldaten" is used. Although the command (over this forces) must not be military (interior ministry).<br /><br />peace<br />swissswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02863790512460555219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-15265655953920223802012-02-17T12:41:26.797+00:002012-02-17T12:41:26.797+00:00Thanks, Debbie, I worked hard on that translation,...Thanks, Debbie, I worked hard on that translation, to make it flow and feel like an original, so to speak.<br /><br />Are you aware of the Ludic Revolution? I link in the sidebar on the main page here to "The Abolition of Work" by Bob Black, which this piece by Tucholsky reminds me of. Tucholsky is not as defiant as Bob Black, but in his heart I suspect he might have agreed with the underlying impulse of the Ludic Revolution. Here's a link to another essay (short) on the topic;<br /><br />http://idlenest.freehostia.com/mirror/www.leisureparty.org/pages/revolution.html<br /><br />What is work and why do we have it? Why is The Machine more important than humanity? Why do we enslave ourselves to that which we idolize? I wish I knew, but I'm pretty sure fear and ignorance are in there in force. I hope the state is our final idol, but I doubt it will be...<br /><br />Progress is subjective though. I would tend to agree with you that machine-worship is not progress, but would probably qualify that agreement by suggesting it is part of progress, since we learn from our mistakes, or, put in a more Zen way, mistakes are opportunities we can learn from if we so choose.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258136994278139356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378568575885387942.post-43434489889908487422012-02-17T11:30:05.757+00:002012-02-17T11:30:05.757+00:00Great post.. Thanks for this translation ; it is e...Great post.. Thanks for this translation ; it is excellent.<br />When I read this post, I think that the maximum subversion is letting loose the balloons on the street.<br />There is something else that is subversive : running. Not jogging, just picking up and running in the street.<br />And then you realize what's behind the work compulsion : STIFLING THE BLOOD THAT RUNS IN OUR VEINS. Walk, don't run, isn't that what education is all about, DISTANCING US FROM OUR ANIMAL SELVES ??<br />Have you seen "A Dangerous Method" ? Keira Knightly does a splendid job of incarnating Sabina Spielrein, who, unfortunately stifled HER instincts in order to become a shrink... Better than being locked up now, isn't it ?<br />But as the great.. MACHINE TO STIFLE OUR INSTINCTS PICKS UP SPEED, there is less and less we will be allowed to.. FEEL without having "civilization" decree that it must be excised in order for us to be... "civilized"...<br />This is where we continue to head, at this time, regardless of the regime changes, the ideology changes.<br />And to me... THIS IS NOT PROGRESS.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510189619803992336noreply@blogger.com