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^Glice^Yeah ... but ... I can't help thinking that all this really boils down to a difference between a philosophical notion of the system, and a political one. Both can and often do inform the other but in essence, a political system (as I'm using it) refers to a social infrastructure whereas a philosophical one exists largely on the more abstract plain of ideas.
It's far harder to destroy an idea than it is an electrical grid. where philosophy comes into play for me is as a means towards laying down an intellectual framework required to encourage people to act on behalf of their own interests. Which is the one thing Marx did get right I suppose. The libidinal desire you refer to is I think the consequence of a philosophical idea being mobilised for purely philosophical ends.
And no, Iraqi people never did rise up, and even if they did, it wouldn't have been as a result of Green Day. I'll tell you what though: I've heard that American troops love a bit of Pantera on the ol' tank stereo. What that means in relation to this argument I've absolutely no idea, other than that it makes me hate Pantera even more than I did before.
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