Lennaart van Oldenborgh on Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:12:37 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: [Nettime-nl] Ukraine: US-Engineered Coup or EuropeanRevolution? |
>These conspiracy theories--by no means unique to Europe--reveal a mechanistic >approach to politics, suggesting that popular movements can be artificially >manufactured and that resources determine success. exactly. it reminds me of the british tabloids' obsession with finding the "ringleaders behind" the big (and violent) alterglobalist demonstrations in London in 1999-2001. it is the contemporary equivalent of the colonial explorer's imperative "take me to your Leader!" Lennaart
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