More against surrealism

History met with the Surrealist's expectations, but not with their Reasons. It is hard to understand how Surrealism could be so blindly arrogant to write: "When the Surrealists were Right." They argued against the Communist International:

"Socialism is being built in only one country, you are told; consequently you must have blind confidence in the leader of that country. Whatever it may be that you object to, any hesitation on your part is criminal. This is the point we have reached, this is the intellectual freedom that is left us"

Perhaps they should have left out the possessive inclusion. It would have been more convincing, for they saw a valid error, but their remedy is, what?, "dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd"! No wonder they are ignored! To reject society is not to reject Others; but blindly firing is exactly that. It has no direction, no rhythm or reason; it is a psychopathy that Others, not just society, are justified in suppressing. And, with apologies to your dark-dark soul, there never was a private island, and even if there were, "dashing down into the street" is clearly not in pursuit of it.

more on surrealism

Thank God Andre Breton wrote books! Lost are a few hours he and his might affect the world. And what of infesting the mind? The only thing to find are one's own beliefs, certainly not an argument. Says Hume: "Condemn this to the flames."

To Breton:

If one is going to expound "until further notice" then one is going to preach; and in writing far worse, for those who do not want to produce argument are left with nothing but dominance.