They were eccentrics, in the old Philosophy Department. They actually had personalities. And idiosyncrasies. And character. It was before the great bland-out. Before all the eccentrics were driven away. Before the disappearance of Personalities, capital P. Before the elimination of characters.
There’s only smiling pleasantness now. Only amiability. Capability. Only, Yes I can do it. Only willingness! Hard-workingness. A perpetual jumping to attention. To get things done!
Only certain personality types will do. Who score high for Agreeability. For Communitarianism. There are no sovereign individuals here. No room for toxic individualism …
Only smiling pleasantness now. Only amiability. Capability. Only, Yes I can do it. Only willingness! Perpetual jumping to attention! To get things done!
Total inclusivity – the new form of exclusion. Total tolerance – the new form of intolerance.
The quiet revolution’s in progress. The coming of the new apparatchiks. The head boys and girls. All calm and efficient. The implementers. The new middle-management.
And beneath them: the infinite pliant. The gullible and steerable, the believers of every lie. All around us: the dupe-able. Predictable. The followers of orders.
Mild positivity. And no one to roll your eyes with.
Work in Progress 