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Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live.
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Poire belle Helene
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I don't know about this one!
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I'm thinking also about this robhorning.substack.com/p/bananas-ar...
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The core of the narrative is that by exploiting the "extraordinary" Barnum gives them community, family, self-actualization. The message is to be proud of who you are, but to do that by presenting yourself for the amusement of others.
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It made me think actually about the Willa Cather novel, Song of the Lark
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The kids liked the music, so I wasn't too loud about it. But, phew.
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🫦
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It's a nice demonstration of the friction between history and its political mobilization!
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Ok in Manhattan we did not have the national anthem (unless it was at exactly the beginning and I missed it), but it was also a pretty big crowd.
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bsky.app/profile/frid...
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Dangerous people!
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The atomic energy mainly, combined with Kant.
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Jesus this bookshelf ought to be enough to send someone to jail
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rearrange things a little and you're here
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That's the way. Those housewives know things.
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Speaking of, here's my grandfather's portrait of Scott Camil. Ppl can read a snippet with him here: www.flickr.com/photos/bud19...
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Your patriotic duty, even
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Do you happen to know if much of this sort of dissident material is available in English? Even from earlier? I do a chunk in world history on Mosaddegh and the coup but don't really have the kind of primary sources I'd like.
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They for sure get radicalized but usually, unfortunately, not to the left. I know there was for a bit a veteran's caucus or similar within the DSA, but I'm not where all that is at the moment
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They are also often being more or less screwed over by the United States of America
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www.metopera.org/season/2025-...
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There's going to be or is an opera version!
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Really seems like an "I won't because you're trying to make me" type of decision
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Maybe, but not most of the cars in Kansas.
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I guess Americans need control?
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It seems a reasonable thing
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they should be again a thing
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If it's always on, it's just background noise! Which, maybe that's what a person wants or needs, but for me I would rather not.
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This is one reason Baudelaire remains relevant