Talcott is telling us to “have a normal one, mang”.
Lol at his using quotes on “other people’s money.”
I’ve just finished Burckhardt’s lectures on Greek Culture, and your post reminded me that eventually the Greeks oriented themselves away from the polis - it no longer served its purpose. (This seemed to have been less due to empire, or Strobe’s “globalization,” than general corruption.) Talcott and Talbot are providing the empty exhortations to “duty” that were used to needle people to get what they wanted. Sadly it seems your two protagonists only desire moral righteousness. They could have at least been looting the place like our noble elites today.
Great piece. Thanks for writing. Fail to understand why parsons didn’t take the McCarthyites (and to a lesser extent Birchers) at their word -- they just didn’t like communists -- of which there were many in the US civil service. That’s it, why his need to analyze further?
"Globalism today means forced socioeconomic integration with the world in the forms of forced integration of American and foreign labor populations, and forced business competition with foreign markets not beholden to American regulatory obligations.
Another problem with globalism is that forced integration interferes with the dominance of traditional domestic cultures and morals, which reduces the social capital of communities that depend upon domestic cultures and morals for stability."
Talcott is telling us to “have a normal one, mang”.
Lol at his using quotes on “other people’s money.”
I’ve just finished Burckhardt’s lectures on Greek Culture, and your post reminded me that eventually the Greeks oriented themselves away from the polis - it no longer served its purpose. (This seemed to have been less due to empire, or Strobe’s “globalization,” than general corruption.) Talcott and Talbot are providing the empty exhortations to “duty” that were used to needle people to get what they wanted. Sadly it seems your two protagonists only desire moral righteousness. They could have at least been looting the place like our noble elites today.
Great piece. Thanks for writing. Fail to understand why parsons didn’t take the McCarthyites (and to a lesser extent Birchers) at their word -- they just didn’t like communists -- of which there were many in the US civil service. That’s it, why his need to analyze further?
"Globalism today means forced socioeconomic integration with the world in the forms of forced integration of American and foreign labor populations, and forced business competition with foreign markets not beholden to American regulatory obligations.
Another problem with globalism is that forced integration interferes with the dominance of traditional domestic cultures and morals, which reduces the social capital of communities that depend upon domestic cultures and morals for stability."
Clean this up a little and get it on a pamphlet.
What are your thoughts on gay peopel?