tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post5223891949757340433..comments2023-10-30T01:52:04.961-07:00Comments on Miniver Cheevy: AffluenceJonathan Kormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-24029897394935336382013-05-26T02:20:28.731-07:002013-05-26T02:20:28.731-07:00I fear for my grandchildren who may choose chancy ...I fear for my grandchildren who may choose chancy careers in the arts to wasting their time and money in college preparing for a worthless job supporting the rich. Those chancy arts careers should be a real choice, not a necessity. J'Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811626573349505654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-38991815122177773042013-05-25T22:04:49.153-07:002013-05-25T22:04:49.153-07:00I live in the Hoxton/Camden/Brixton of Bangkok. Po...I live in the Hoxton/Camden/Brixton of Bangkok. Poor people surrounded by condominiums. They are the best neighbours I ever had. I've lived in amazing parts of the world. Bloomsbury London, Gehry Dusseldorf, Forbidden City Beijing (inside the ancient walls) etc. <br />These are the grooviest people.<br /><br /><br /><br />We don't talk about intellectual stuff though. It's a worthwhile trade.Charles Edward Frithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231685619963486690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-57874601586467744262012-08-16T22:12:18.267-07:002012-08-16T22:12:18.267-07:00'Social Justice' too is a luxury item. It ...'Social Justice' too is a luxury item. It is that thing desired altruistically by the affluent society that never faces actual injustice. This is all tangential to being 'mugged by reality' in one's age. <br /><br />Justice is what one requires when one is oppressed. Social justice is what one desires, in the passive voice, when one perceives that others are suppressed. <br /><br />OK, there I said it.<br /><br />What remains interesting is the way in which people in society see themselves out of synch with what society is actually structured to deliver. It seems to me that the upwardly mobile and nouveau riche see this quite quickly. Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540420277243106564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-68682039691808920442011-06-06T19:59:20.594-07:002011-06-06T19:59:20.594-07:00I hadn't quite thought of it that way, but you...I hadn't quite thought of it that way, but you succinctly capture some of the anxieties that I share. Because of the choices I have made in life, I have achieved a relatively luxurious lifestyle compared to the people I grew up with (i.e., my peers), but my choices are never confirmed or acknowledged when I am judged by them. Of course, I also had the fortune of starting from a culturally useful point (i.e., white male) than some of those same peers.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01028405980321902568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-55025039579443407512011-06-03T21:13:36.625-07:002011-06-03T21:13:36.625-07:00I enjoyed your blog post. I thought you captured o...I enjoyed your blog post. I thought you captured our (Lefties) class, political, and economic anxieties well. I would have loved for you to expand more on those ideas, and perhaps talk about whether you see a way out--and if so, how to get there or if you see the country/world devolving to a dystopian society.Alexisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-32611731184676711262011-06-02T12:10:31.609-07:002011-06-02T12:10:31.609-07:00WIll you please write about social justice in your...WIll you please write about social justice in your next post? DankeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-53627766838354819902011-06-02T10:48:45.443-07:002011-06-02T10:48:45.443-07:00A comment from Rick Perlstien!
I am totally an A...A comment from Rick Perlstien! <br /><br />I am totally an A-List blogger now.Jonathan Kormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-69456629364749388972011-06-02T10:34:38.144-07:002011-06-02T10:34:38.144-07:00Actually my middle name is "Samuel."Actually my middle name is "Samuel."Rick Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210571165266146662noreply@blogger.com