tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post6503444622442196836..comments2023-08-29T01:27:13.772-07:00Comments on Magpie's Asymmetric Warfare: Dany le Caméléon et L'Iconnu du PCF.Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-51173338949485574622017-09-28T00:37:36.737-07:002017-09-28T00:37:36.737-07:00Thanks. I'll have a look at that.Thanks. I'll have a look at that.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-50414039875083937542017-09-27T09:15:37.062-07:002017-09-27T09:15:37.062-07:00Sorry, wrong link posted above.
http://www.cbc.ca/...Sorry, wrong link posted above.<br />http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/platform-capitalism-digital-technology-and-the-future-of-work-1.4297369Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-55596995007777605152017-09-27T09:13:43.233-07:002017-09-27T09:13:43.233-07:00Part 2 is up if you're interested:
http://www....Part 2 is up if you're interested:<br />http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/documentaries/the-best-of-ideas/Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-62874039649028786532017-09-19T13:07:18.691-07:002017-09-19T13:07:18.691-07:00Bob,
Capitalism cannot exist without "free&q...Bob,<br /><br />Capitalism cannot exist without "free" workers, which doesn't mean some form of human society cannot subsist. Feudalism and slavery, for example, did not need "free" workers.<br /><br />With robots, however, I can't see either coming back.<br /><br />I'm not prepared to say more than that. But I've been thinking on this subject, on and off:<br /> <br />"Krugman, Robots and Exchange Value."<br />http://aussiemagpie.blogspot.com/2012/12/krugman-robots-and-exchange-value.html<br /><br />The other side of the coin:<br /><br />"What if Capitalists Disappeared?"<br />http://aussiemagpie.blogspot.com/2016/02/what-if-capitalists-disappeared.htmlMagpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-69501202182653273262017-09-18T09:39:12.505-07:002017-09-18T09:39:12.505-07:00Off-topic.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/artificia...Off-topic.<br />http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/artificial-intelligence-robots-and-the-future-of-work-part-1-1.4286200Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-68604320924889642262017-09-18T09:37:44.528-07:002017-09-18T09:37:44.528-07:00It was a collective effort to herd those cats who ...It was a collective effort to herd those cats who do not vote on principle, but on 'lesser evilism' or other strategy.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-55907539639240332212017-09-16T11:53:31.664-07:002017-09-16T11:53:31.664-07:00In retrospect, too many voters in France were chas...<i>In retrospect, too many voters in France were chasing ghosts. It appears your protagonist did what he could to make them large and scary.</i><br /><br />That seems like a description of "lesser-evilism": one exaggerates the risks of the other side, so as to make one's side look relatively better. <br /><br />It has something to do with what they call "triangulation".<br /><br />----------<br /><br />A quibble.<br /><br />If I had to write the closing credits to that movie, I'd have written something like this:<br /><br />CAST (as themselves and in order of appearance):<br /><br />Santiago Carrillo<br />Georges Marchais<br />Enrico Berlinguer<br />Daniel Cohn-Bendit<br />Gabriel Cohn-Bendit<br />Waldeck Rochet<br />François Mitterrand<br />Jean-Luc Mélenchon<br /><br />Judging by screen time, all but Georges Marchais and Daniel Cohn-Bendit are either supporting cast or make cameo appearances, as it were. After all, the movie is called "Dany le Caméléon <i><b>et</b></i> L'Iconnu du PCF". :-)<br /><br />So, is there only <i><b>one</b></i> protagonist?Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-67746151951298542902017-09-15T06:15:58.652-07:002017-09-15T06:15:58.652-07:00Fillon took himself out of the running through per...Fillon took himself out of the running through personal scandals; LePen was not as strong as feared. Melanchon was excluded from the second round, which forces the electorate into a binary choice. In retrospect, too many voters in France were chasing ghosts. It appears your protagonist did what he could to make them large and scary.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com