There's something touching in how sales of 1984 have risen since Trump. Amazon is out of stock. Other dystopian novels, like Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, are doing well. It's one way to deal with a shock to the system: buy a book; then, basically, let it sit since it probably won't have much to do with what's spooking you on CNN. It's about the illusion of control.
I recently read a piece by an ex-Alternatives member that was posted rabble.ca. Entitled "The term ‘NGO' is a misnomer," the article explores the clout of government in the non-governmental world. And while those remaining at Alternatives would presumably disagree with the cut, thrust, and construction of the argumentation and its conclusions, the NGO nomenclature debate is important.
It speaks to the very heart of the dilemma amongst us utopians -- how do you move a pile of excrement without getting any on you? At the very least, you are bound to smell of it.
In the suburbs I, I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys we're leaving
- The Suburbs, The Arcade Fire (Merge, 2010)
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