No doubt. You're clearly looking at the world through the eyes of an imperialist.
I think you may be confusing imperialism with capitalism, they are two different things. Not all capitalists are imperialists. Well, I didn't say I was worried about anything so I guess you're projecting someone else's argument onto mine.
Ok, fair enough. So the other people I have argued with are actually worried it will collapse, while you are more shall we say... excited that it may collapse? Or just indifferent? Similarly, of course the US economy is facing imminent collapse. It's falling into the same holes countless other civilizations have - (cf. Jared Diamond)
I'm not sure how his name got in there (is the last line a quote from him?) But coincidentally, I just started reading his book Guns, Germs, and Steel a week ago. I am really enjoying it, have just finished Part I and got 1 chapter into Part II. As I'm also en route to my own career in academia, I'm going to make a concerted effort to see that these classist prejudices don't seep into my worldview.
Oh? That's exciting... which field would you persue?
Regarding my "classist" prejudices, and being out of touch with the working class, I think if those prejudices are there they have likely been there much longer than I've been in academia. So I wouldn't worry about it for yourself. My father is a landlord (of fairly low-rent housing) and an investor, so from birth I was raised in a way that made me pretty conscious of the differences between my white collar class and the blue collar class of our tennants. And I tended to support anything that would help my class at the expense of the blue collar class (not entirely sure if that's what you mean by working class). I think being in academia helped me to look at things from a more detached perspective and let go of the fight for my own class somewhat and just try to think about what's best for everyone.
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Date: 2010-04-05 02:38 am (UTC)No doubt. You're clearly looking at the world through the eyes of an imperialist.
I think you may be confusing imperialism with capitalism, they are two different things. Not all capitalists are imperialists.
Well, I didn't say I was worried about anything so I guess you're projecting someone else's argument onto mine.
Ok, fair enough. So the other people I have argued with are actually worried it will collapse, while you are more shall we say... excited that it may collapse? Or just indifferent?
Similarly, of course the US economy is facing imminent collapse. It's falling into the same holes countless other civilizations have - (cf. Jared Diamond)
I'm not sure how his name got in there (is the last line a quote from him?) But coincidentally, I just started reading his book Guns, Germs, and Steel a week ago. I am really enjoying it, have just finished Part I and got 1 chapter into Part II.
As I'm also en route to my own career in academia, I'm going to make a concerted effort to see that these classist prejudices don't seep into my worldview.
Oh? That's exciting... which field would you persue?
Regarding my "classist" prejudices, and being out of touch with the working class, I think if those prejudices are there they have likely been there much longer than I've been in academia. So I wouldn't worry about it for yourself. My father is a landlord (of fairly low-rent housing) and an investor, so from birth I was raised in a way that made me pretty conscious of the differences between my white collar class and the blue collar class of our tennants. And I tended to support anything that would help my class at the expense of the blue collar class (not entirely sure if that's what you mean by working class). I think being in academia helped me to look at things from a more detached perspective and let go of the fight for my own class somewhat and just try to think about what's best for everyone.