Very much agree. What Kennedy did for many of us was to define what it means, ideally and intellectually, to be engaged in politics and the world. Unfortunately, as Herbert Marcuse points out, those in power tend to maintain power and resist attempts at real change. One of the main ways this is done is to co-opt the opposition–in other words, allow room for it’s space, voice, constituency, support and rationale as just another option in the vast array of options that are possible in our atomistic, media influenced world. Revolution? It’s just another news story to be commodified for… Read more »
I agree with the JFK quote. I feel the same way. It’s pretty true.
The thing is:
JFK, like all sorts of presidents before and after him, fought against revolutionary movements in the Third World, even some pretty moderate reforms, and in some ways made them even bloodier than they were before. Anyone who looks at Kennedy’s policy towards Cuba would find the quote bitterly hypocritical.
Very much agree. What Kennedy did for many of us was to define what it means, ideally and intellectually, to be engaged in politics and the world. Unfortunately, as Herbert Marcuse points out, those in power tend to maintain power and resist attempts at real change. One of the main ways this is done is to co-opt the opposition–in other words, allow room for it’s space, voice, constituency, support and rationale as just another option in the vast array of options that are possible in our atomistic, media influenced world. Revolution? It’s just another news story to be commodified for… Read more »
I agree with the JFK quote. I feel the same way. It’s pretty true.
The thing is:
JFK, like all sorts of presidents before and after him, fought against revolutionary movements in the Third World, even some pretty moderate reforms, and in some ways made them even bloodier than they were before. Anyone who looks at Kennedy’s policy towards Cuba would find the quote bitterly hypocritical.