On Simone Weil and the New Cold War
http://solidarityhall.org/on-simone-weil-and-the-new-cold-war/ By Paul Grenier • May 12, 2014 • Community , Features • 1 Comment Although we don’t always admit it, in our hearts, modern Americans understand that the driving force behind our society is force itself. Democracy is the sum of equal forces, creating a greatest force. Economics is run by a force called money. International politics is run by that same force. When that force fails, we use drones and tanks. In our hearts we accept force willingly as the principle of justice and truth. We are not always quite so blunt, to be sure, in our day to day speech. Polite newspapers use attractive-sounding words, such as democracy, free trade and freedom in place of the plain-spoken ‘force.’ The more reflective among us see through these metaphors to the underlying principle. I hasten to add that recognition of the sovereignty of force ...