tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post4611864681087268686..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Povertarians and Povertarianismtruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-52164812002140128972007-12-30T23:56:00.000-08:002007-12-30T23:56:00.000-08:00Zazie, I coind the term "Povertarian" as analogous...Zazie, I coind the term "Povertarian" as analogous to Libertarian, leping from my bed one evening, disturbing the sleep of I don't know how many women, but certainly fewer than four, not being a Muslim myself, to dash to the computer to write about my new-found idea. <BR/><BR/>Povetarianism came to me as a way of describing those who make poverty a philosophical tenet of the Good. I thought of Pierre Prudhon and his evil rubbish of privileging poverty over wealth, of Marx longing for the poverty of the Edenic life before cities and industry imposed it 'cash nexus' of happy feudal peasants, and so on. There is that class of anti-Modernist who has corrupted sane Christianity's "Blessed are th epoor for they shall inherit the Earth" and "It is harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven..." and the tale of the poor woman who gave her last shekel... and so on, the Gnostic who proclaims the beauties of poverty as a good in itself. These are the class of anti-Modernists who proclaim the virtues of the Noble Savage, of ecologism and orgainic food, the return to Nature, the Romantic idealisation of the peasant, the philobarbarist.... All of the evil rubbish of the Left now inheriting the evils of the fascism of the early to mid-20th century shows up in the extolling of poverty as the Good. Jews are rich, Palestinians are victims of, therefore, the poor Palestinians must be good. In every case where the Left loves poverty it is at the expense of Modernity in its wealth and democracy, in its claims for the good of poverty and the "poor." Hence, my excitement as I typed away at "Povertariansim."<BR/><BR/>Little did I know till next day that an East Indian had coined the term i advacnce of my, and for the same reasons: that Gandhi was a "povertarian." Look at the evils that man created in his push to sanctify poverty. Had I my way I'd have hanged him from a lamp-pos-- Whoops. I promised I'd stop that.<BR/><BR/>There is in Canada a repulsive name for those in the "poverty industry" as the locals term it, and they are called "poverty pimps." Its a loathsome term and it's not exactly accurate at that. Povertarianism is dead-on, even if I must give my admission of prior discovery to another.<BR/><BR/>And if you like truffles, Zazie, let me tempt you to come to Canada with more of Truepeers' best. Delicious. Poverty sucks. One knows that when there is a dearth of good chocolate.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-36096906113964127602007-12-29T02:35:00.000-08:002007-12-29T02:35:00.000-08:00Truepeers, were they palatable ? Could I have a fe...Truepeers, were they palatable ? Could I have a few names, for a future feast ? Those I have tasted (Kouchner, Jack Lang, Emmanuelle Béart, Bernard Henri Lévy.......) now make me a bit sick ; so I 'd love a little change !zaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639722488366613594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-18475514300231783232007-12-28T16:44:00.000-08:002007-12-28T16:44:00.000-08:00Zazie, last night we ate a box of French-made taru...Zazie, last night we ate a box of French-made taruffes at our meeting; it seems we're on the same page...-:)truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-44677230997009255762007-12-28T02:40:00.000-08:002007-12-28T02:40:00.000-08:00"povertarian" is a word that sort of explains itse..."povertarian" is a word that sort of explains itself, isn't it ? Nevertheless, I think I'll keep using an old word for it : Tartuffe...zaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639722488366613594noreply@blogger.com