[-empyre-] Avataric -

[Simon Biggs]

Who said your time is up?

Best

Simon


On 19/04/2011 14:07, "Alan Sondheim" <sondheim at panix.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi - This is my last post, since my time is more than up here in empyre,
> so I'll keep things short. I do agree for the most part with John, but I
> think his (your) post is overly optimistic; you say "In the twenty-first
> century, not only is identity not fixed or inherited, it is absolutely
> malleable, subject to continuous invention and re-invention. It is, in
> short, avataric." - and I just don't see this, given the current (and
> foreseeable future) political/economic climate. Class identity in the US
> is hardening; continuous invention and re-invention requires capital or at
> least access to technology as production, not just reception, and
> inheritence statistically is becoming increasingly critical (more people
> living at home because there's no money out there, etc.). Income and
> racial gaps are increasing, and we have the largest per capita prison
> system in the world, not to mention overall number of prisoners. The world
> is appalling for a lot of people, so my question is the usual (stupid) one
> I ask - for whom is identity malleable? The rest of your post I agree with
> and thank you for your reply! I'm bowing out of the discussion at this
> point; I feel I've already written beyond my time here. Thanks again, Alan
> 
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