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Great/Occupy/Simulation Redux

there's egypt in america

our pyramids in vegas

must be causing mass hysteria

'cause there's egypt in america

http://zeroreference.blogspot.com/2011/02/great-simulation.html

Initial Exchange/Exchange Meta/Occupy Meta

http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2011/11/15/368978/art-and-occupy-wall-street/

Adam Cahan · Colorado College

I totally disagree. Art can clearly be linked to social activism, but what Occupy has shown is that there is no replacement for people getting together in a space. Occupying space. Whatever it's other merits, a TV show or a play or a film doesn't do that. Both are indispensable components of a healthy culture. However I'd argue the best way to support the goals of Occupy is to occupy! There's no replacement for it.

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• Alyssa Rosenberg · Top Commenter · Washington, District of Columbia

  I mean, that may be true, but if Occupy encampments are aggressively shut down, I'd rather come up with alternatives than let things burn out.

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• Adam Cahan · Colorado College

  Alyssa Rosenberg True. I totally agree with you, and my first comment was kind of strident. But I do think the 'big idea' is the importance of action. That any alternative should continue to bring people into the streets and empower them to accomplish something. And I feel that artists and people of conscience can't replace the importance and value of direct participation with art, though art has its own, important value. Though, I have yet to live up to my words..... :/

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• Adam Cahan · Colorado College

  Argh. Sorry about the egregious name repetition up front.

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• Alyssa Rosenberg · Top Commenter · Washington, District of Columbia

  Adam Cahan I mean, I tend to think that people have different things to contribute to movements. And if artists can get people talking about credit card debt or the non-dischargability of student loan debt, that's a productive contribution to the movement.

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• Adam Cahan · Colorado College

  Alyssa Rosenberg I agree. In part. We've all got different things to contribute. But in some ways aren't we overwhelmed and even tranquilized with certain kinds of awareness and talk? Goethe via Nietzsche: "Incidentally, I despise everything which merely instructs me without increasing or immediately enlivening my activity."

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• Adam Cahan · Colorado College

  That quote is an extreme position, but it's essence and source (The Utility of History) capture my point. Which, I guess, is that in an environment which in so many ways covers facts and rational thought behind a veil, it becomes essential to focus on what's most important - the _reason_ we wish to inspire conversation and raise awareness. That the means are too easily decoupled from the end, and what I see in the emphasis on action in Occupy is an unobstructed view of what our end, as citizens, is.

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• Adam Cahan · Colorado College

  Maybe I should be writing my own blog post :/...this is, like, sounding like an addendum as opposed to a critique. Thanks for writing a thought-provoking post.

  Adam Cahan · Colorado College

  Turned this thread into a blog post: http://zeroreference.blogspot.com/2011/11/initial-exchange.html

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