Linkage:
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Recreational Evil -- "Frank-N-Furter exists in a world where everything pretends it is something else, and in which the present is pasted together from the bits and pieces of movies past, so that life becomes an endless vaudeville revue. He is a second-order simulation, created out of the simulations of Hollywood, trapped in a schizophrenic's virtual reality..." Readings of Baudrillard's works are optional. (Via MemeMachineGo!.)
- What's Wrong with Libertarianism -- "The Libertarian Party website makes as much of social liberty as it does economic liberty. However, I've never seen the libertarian elements among the Republicans do a thing about these theoretical ideals; on the contrary, they're happy to ally themselves with Ashcrofts willing to trash judicial rights, Starrs poking into politicans' sex lives, Bushes mocking the protection of civil rights, and theocrats wanting the government to control movies, university courses, and women's wombs. In practice, then, libertarianism has nothing to do with social liberty, and everything to do with removing all restrictions on business." (Via Follow Me Here.)