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FORGET “OLD POST-MODERN”

March 29, 2004

Sociologists love to speak in “post-modern” terms. It’s an intellectual landmark to know that the demarcation between the modern and post-modern world was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. You really impress people if you can say why we call it post-modern.

Well, I think all those books that have been written and occupy the shelves of so many bricks & sticks outlets, are going to collect dust, not revenue. You see, post-modern is going to have to be rewritten. It did happen on my birthday, November 9th, but a few years after I was born (1989). While few will remember my birthday, not many will have a problem remembering 9-11.

I have this sense that 9-11 will do more to frame and define the post-modern world that 11-9-89 ever will or did. The world has been forever altered since 9-11. The U.S. moved from a defensive mode to an offensive, pre-emptive one. NATO is no longer, what it used to be. France is in the process of imploding as Freedom Fries and American Toast verify.

Iraq is America’s new Mideast protectorate. Yes, we will put in a new Muslim regime: one that allows us to use airbases for whatever Mideast needs we have. Who needs Saudia Arabia, Baharain, or Qater once we have Iraq?

History books are about to be changed-rewritten. While it’s still post-modern (because we don’t yet have a name for it), it’s more Bush’s post-modern world than it is Reagan’s port-modern world. It’s a NEW post-modern world in it’s infancy.

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Daily Commentary 

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