Comments on: Autosatiricism

By: bellagerens

bellagerens — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:01:30 +0000

Fair enough. ;-)

By: Private Widdle

Private Widdle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:00:36 +0000

OK, I think we’ll have to agree to differ on this one; no point in getting all B&D over it. . . :-)

By: bellagerens

bellagerens — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:33:48 +0000

Because what you identify as fail – ‘this is how the Left operates’ – is the very thing that makes the piece satire. I’m not saying I don’t get your point – I do get it, believe me. But give the dude a little credit. It was very good satire.

By: Private Widdle

Private Widdle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:07:41 +0000

OK, you’ve quoted my comment- please explain how I’ve “misunderstood” satire?

By: Thom

Thom — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:31:47 +0000

Each new publication should therefore contain at least one ‘romance’ story, written in the appropriate register (cf. the ‘Mills and Boon’ phenonemon, and the rise of Heat Magazine), but with elements of Marxian teaching and concientization woven into the fabric of the story, along with other elements (in the shape of minor character and secondary plot devices) aimed at challenging some of the more reactionary theoretical and practical digressions offered up by the so-called ‘post-Marxist’ left. It's funny but all I can think of is left leaning titles for porno movies like Workers Uprising 4 or Animal Farm; I really should stop reading Obo's page...

By: Surreptitious Evil

Surreptitious Evil — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:58:56 +0000

I particularly liked his first comment on the piece:

I was more amused at the herding that took place amongst the ‘libertarians’ when faced with something to do with (social) entrepeneurship.

Going back to the so-called 'serious' piece for his definition of "(social) entrepreneurship":

in the longer term these costs should as far as possible be covered by worker organisations like trade unions (and thereafter a Labour party more open to wider left engagement), the reality is that funds may need to be raised friom (sic) charitable/employment creation sources (see, for example, this kind of opportunity coming along in Wales), and from very local advertising.

So, as an "entrepreneur", he expects his funds to be given to him from the trade unions (i.e. public money), from the Labour Party (I just feel that £18 million debt expanding) or just straight from the public teat (that Welsh link. If none of that works - he might have to force himself to take adverts. So, actually, he is taking public support to compete with his local paper? You've got to remember, this blogging lark is a hobby / obsession for most of us. For them, there is their glorious political career to consider and paid political blogging is just a lowly rung on his progression up it.