Paranoia

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

A selection from the papers today ...

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... they are all at it ..... outrage as commodity ... discourse as spectacle .... rub in the impotence is what it all does

dealing with call centres is the new paradigm "i am sorry Mr Jazbo you have failed the security test, that is not your date of birth"

the CORPSPEAK SQUADDIES say it all ....

'mad as hell and won't take it anymore' is just what it was ...tv ratings ...


when the bread disappears then the circus fails at distraction

is it time to join a union? T3


your call will be recorded for purposes .....

[Frances_iom]

actually nothing new for Tories (why do you think they are despised by the more intelligent Scots) - however their successful ploy was to place a sleeper in the Lib dems - since when in coalition they have hardly squeaked at Thatcher mk 2 policies.

[eighthobstruction]

Just cannot wait for the day when Hugh Edwards gets enraged and implodes on the 10 o'clock News, then produces a revolver and shoots himself in the head....surely some logo brand advertiser has anticipated this and an advert awaits for an advertising £$£$£$£$ BANANZA....di di,di di,diddle di di di Dan DAN DAaaaaaaaaan

[Serial_Apologist]

Great Stuart Hall article though, always respected the man (& he loves Miles Davis) - it takes firing on all synapses to martial an analysis like that and condense it so succintly. Happens rarely with me & burns me out when it does. Good constructive critiques from Frances Smith and Veronica Larsson in the following replies.

Restores my optimism to some degree that there are still "people in this great country of ours" to quote Peter Cook in Beyond The Fringe, who think accordingly.

Thanks for finding these, calum.

[handsomefortune]

> outrage as commodity <

yes, as illustrated by topshop designing t shirts with the logo 'the students are revolting' .... collective responses commodified,, recycled and sold back.

> when the bread disappears then the circus fails at distraction <

certainly feels this way to me, and has done for a while!

i'm sure the resulting 'paranoia' will be useful...to some crook, or other.

[eighthobstruction]

Well I'm trademaking my new company EXIT....catchline...."Because it's not worth it"....

[Serial_Apologist]

> outrage as commodity <

Didn't quite get that bit...

[eighthobstruction]

Didn't quite get that bit...

Well you better get yer self a bit more with it....bit more snappy ....a bit more 'you know'....

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

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vicariously entertaining us with the spectacle of our own decline.

it's remarkable how little collective will for change there has been in the last three years, and films like Inside Job could be part of the problem. They allow us to feel well informed and united in indignation about our economic mess, but this means nothing if no one actually does anything after the lights go up.

tarnation S_A get it together man, this is serious innit

[Serial_Apologist]

Well you better get yer self a bit more with it....bit more snappy ....a bit more 'you know'....

trouble is, by reducing everything to a commodity, you end up with total nihilism

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yer can't say more than that ....

[Serial_Apologist]

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tarnation S_A get it together man, this is serious innit

Er, does anyone else on this thread think so - or is it just me on a Monday morning?

[handsomefortune]

"Because it's not worth it"....

am rushing now but hope this isnt totally inpenetrable:

as i see it, the tory supporting papers are peddling outrage serial apologist, ironically, outrage at their own party's plans; and, (naturally) as are opposition, centre/left/liberals. they're 'all at it' as there's nothing left, no counter strategy to relate instead....(and one does wonder if jumping off a cliff is actually the sanist response).

the ways in which mainstream journos prosper - even from negative situations, is depressing as hell. what are they up to? besides excusing their doom and gloom in order to earn a crust + pension?

(i wouldnt include stuart hall in this analysis mind you, since he long since might be accused of 'acumulating paranoia', (to no effect as he's usually ignored, but now it's too late supposedly) even when the economic prognosis was supposedly 'good') hall was giving it lordy.

but the rest are cashing in on what's left of the carcus. (i've just heard examples on r4: a prog about the 'economic success' of 'readers digest', (despite it apparently once supporting the kkk); and now, 'concern' about 'unaccountable local mps ......' erm a bit late in the day for julian waricker to supposedly be 'worried' ....so r4 apparently joins newspaper journos, joining in with 'the paranoia acumulation exercise'. presumably,, simply because julian has no counter strategy 'up his sleeve'.

it's a sort of public affirmation of mass panic ....in the media, for kwickcash return for journos. but perhaps think of it as per personal sales of valuable at 'cash converters' ...in an emergency ie last ditch resort.

[eighthobstruction]

Er, does anyone else on this thread think so - or is it just me on a Monday morning?

....like we say ...."get with it"....IT'S TUESDAY

[eighthobstruction]

DID YOU KNOW....

Nike....greek winged goddess of VICTORY....[Hmmmm, Napalm in the morning, thanks...................one canister or 2....]