[PEN-L:6238] Re: Re: Re: U.S. HOUSE REJECTS NATO'S WAR

[S Pawlett <epawlett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Yoshie's posting on Vuk Draskovic is a classic example.  We used to call
> those people "nomenklatura" - implying a list of names that would pop up
> whenever a political opportunity arises, and saying the most opportune
> things for the occasion (Milan Kundera's novel _The Joke_ contains a nice
> study of such a character).  Some newer terms are "radishes" (the idea is
> "red outside, white inside" - which sounds like an accurate description of
> Rep. Sanders) or an acronym TKM which roughly translates as "now is our
> fucking turn" (the idea is that those who have been finally admitted to the
> halls of power now have the chance to do their worst - think of it as the
> Eastern European version of the King-Sun's saying "after me, deluge.")
>

Have you ever read A. Zinoviev _The Yawning Heights_ and _The Radiant Future_
as well as Elster's commentary in _Sour Grapes_? What do you think? I find his
approach interesting combining formal logic and satire though I might disagree
with quite a bit of it. Sort of a _Catch-22_ for the USSR.

Sam Pawlett