samedi 5 juillet 2008

Even the class struggle

Even the class struggle is a conspiracy. The reality is hidden from view and lies (all that stuff about a fair day's wage for a fair day's work bollocks that your line manager tells you, of course is lies) - one side wins and the other gets the blame and if you speak out about it you're a nut. Even the etymology of the word, is, er probably a conspiracy thus:

"Inflected forms: pl. con·spir·a·cies1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act. 2. A group of conspirators. 3. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. 4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman, probably alteration of Old French conspiration, from Latin cnsprti, cnsprtin-, from cnsprtus, past participle of cnsprre, to conspire."

Well, that's what they WANT you to think it means.....

arf. But sometimes, there really are plots. Go to http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ It's a site that gathers news items from all over the world and gives an 'alternative' perspective on current events with added commentary. Some of its political views are shit. It's author is opposed to Mexican migration to the US, it's economically right-wing and it defends the right to deny the holocaust. But despite these flaws it's a useful resource. The last few days, though it's been unavailable - as has http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/, a controversial anti-western site devoted to the overthrow of all things occidental and capitalist. One shrugs, and pays no real heed. The people are updating their site, having a break, there's been a storm. When the former site return, though, its main story is that its site has been hacked by agents unknown.
The internet is a differnt and free space that exists in spite of people who dislike the dissemation of views and points of view. It's one of the good things about globalisation. That there are agents working to close it down is a warning for the future. When Lenin's tomb goes down, there really is a conspiracy.