Hey, y’all.
First of all, I need to clear the air of few things. Let us assume that I am me, and not who I work for, what I do in my free time, what political systems I prefer, or any of that really irrelevant nonsense. Let my person be dematerialized, until only my name (Peter S.) and my thoughts (and writings remain). As Rem Koolhaas would say: fuck context!!!
Let us assume that I need to construct a tale, in order to get my point across, for anyone who reads this is neither so finely attuned to my thoughts as to get my subtle hints and place them in a context relevant for him/her, and people generally empathise with the human experience.
Now, let us assume there is a school. A faculty at a university, if you will. Now, it’s not such a bad school, but it’s not all that great either. Let us say that this faculty has been experiencing some financial problems lately, problems whose source is irrelevant for the solution that I shall propose.
Now let us also imagine that there is a group of people, its size, composition and identity are irrelevant, who believe that they can find the ones who are to blame for the situation the faculty is in. They form an anonymous group, let us call them PURSE (I know, what a thinly veiled reference), hang up posters and write a manifesto against those who are to blame for the unhappy financial situation at the faculty.
So, PURSE wants to remain anonymous, in order to face those who are to blame to address the whole student body, and in order to prevent the debate from getting personal. The fact is that while people do voice their support, there is really not much of a debate. There seems to be no-one who is capable of taking the daunting task of actually debating and solving problems together with those that are to blame (according to PURSE).
How to solve this? I believe that PURSE should debate with those who they believe are to blame. But how can one enter on that stage and remain anonymous? Enter the Wizard of Oz.
Anyone who has seen the classic tale, will know that the Wizard, is just like anyone, except he hides in a big box, in order to keep his identity secret. Yet, he manages to talk to people head-to-head. A perfect solution!!!
Please take what you’ve just read with a grain of salt. I am a-political. Politics is far too dirty for me to concern myself with it. All I want is that people use their heads. So far, humanity has shown me plenty low-points, and some high points. If PURSE do not like the Wizard of Oz approach, let someone come forward, who will debate and ask, but have their mind not only clear of the neo-liberal agenda of those who are to blame (according to PURSE), but also be clear of the neo-marxist agenda of PURSE. We need someone ho thinks for themselves, and does not let philosophers (who are already dead) do it for them. We need someone… Or else Imma gonna have to do this shit myself. Again.
