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To quote C. Wright Mills, writing in 1960: > They know of no solutions to the paradoxes of the Middle East and Europe, the Far East and Africa except the landi
by jasonhansel 5y ago
To quote C. Wright Mills, writing in 1960:
> They know of no solutions to the paradoxes of the Middle East and Europe, the Far East and Africa except the landing of Marines. Being baffled, and also being very tired of being baffled, they have come to believe that there is no way out—except war—which would remove all the bewildering paradoxes of their tedious and now misguided attempts to construct peace. In place of these paradoxes they prefer the bright, clear problems of war—as they used to be. For they still believe that "winning" means something, although they never tell us what.
- randcraw 5y agoFrom "The Causes of World War Three". Of course, America's also had a lot of trouble since WWII simply defining what 'winning' a war means. Timely; I bought Mills' "The Power Elite" only yesterday.
- vanderZwan 5y agoWhile we're here I might as well add a link to Scott Atran's RSA lecture about his book Talking To The Enemy, where he discusses his findings about radicalization and deradicalization, a topic very much related to the discussion here. It's one of those youtube videos I wish more people would watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ijmBd69878 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ijmBd69878