Just a brief note to the earlier post on marriage equality.
Writers Festivals and the public space. Ideas and discussion. Tolerance and acceptance - see Hannah Arendt 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' regarding the distinctions she makes between tolerance and hospitality.
Why is it that people who want to "privatise" every goddamn thing are the same people who want to impose their "values" on what remains of the public space?
The democratic state that should be free from the whims and fancy of religious institutions becomes a contested space for the capitalists playing at being christians. (The feudalists playing at being democrats?) (The buffoons playing at being mature?)
Control and domination, fear and submission. Authority and insecurity, mastery and powerlessness.
Is that all not just a bit childish? A bit like the behaviour that is learned in play grounds?
What is at stake here?
What is the Public Space? Why is it important? What is its history? What is its future? Can democracy ever be realised? Equality?
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