Sunday, September 6, 2009

Ulysses' Crewmen

Hey,

I'm on the road with Ulysses' Crewmen right now. This show is in a way an experiment applying some of the ideas i've been pursuing on this blog. Its unlikely I'll post here while that's going on, but will be posting there frequently. Check it out ulyssescrewmen.blogspot.com.

While on tour I'm reading a bunch of stuff, including Douglas Rushkoff's 'Life INC' and Schumpter, and some zines about insurrectionary anarchism and nihilist communism n shit. I'm also working on writing an essay that looks closely and thoroughly at Marxist theory and where i depart from it.

9 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Yeah, communists don't need money. Like when their car breaks down. They just hit up friends for money then.

Ben Turk said...

Rather be hitting up friends (and reciprocating when they're in need) than spamming strangers.

Anonymous said...

What if all your friends are communists with no money? And if none of them know how to manufacture auto parts or fix cars? Also, what if the only skill you have to offer for reciprocation is artistic or intellectual, and no one ever seems to need it?

What if, deep down, Brian is a communist too?

Ben Turk said...

"What if all your friends are communists with no money [and no ability] to manufacture auto parts or fix cars?"

Then I need a more diverse pool of friends, or less dependency on a car for transportation.

"Also, what if the only skill you have to offer for reciprocation is artistic or intellectual, and no one ever seems to need it?"

Then i need to develop more useful skills to participate in the community.

The hypotheticals you've created are dishonest and unfair (you're taking my actions out of context).

Fortunately, neither of those hypotheticals is true. I have various skills that are valued, and I have needs that can be met (partially) by my friends, who are not all communists. As we approach a situation in which everyone is a communist, we will see everyone's (including mine) skills AND needs evolving as well.

"What if, deep down, Brian is a communist too?"

I suspect "Brian" is a spam robot, a piece of software. It's kind of silly for me to have replied in the first place, but it's completely absurd to speculate about his "deep down" ideology.

Brian said...

(eyes wet with tears)

I take that as a "not interested", then?

I hate my life.

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Ben Turk said...

Hey Tow Bars, thanks for the info!

One question: are you, deep down, a communist?

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