Marxist Nationalism

"Capitalism played a crucial role in 'assembling' print-languages, within definite grammatical and syntactical limits, from the immense variety of related local vernaculars or idiolects." (Smith, 135)

WOW this just totally blew my mind. Way to go, Anderson. So does being a Grammar Nazi make me a propagator of capitalism? Does seeking the demise of the English vernacular mean strengthening the monopolization of production by capitalism?

Just a part of my research paper on the Marxist view of nationalism. I like this thought; even though it makes my brain hurt! =]

lousy weekend.

I dreamed I was drowning in the River Thames
I dreamed I had nothing at all
Nothing but my own skin

I dreamed I was drifting on the howling wind
I dreamed I had nothing at all
Nothing but my own skin

Slipped away from your open hands
Into the river
Saw your face looking back at me
I saw my past and I saw my future

You take the pieces of the dreams that you have
Because you don't like the way they seem to be going
You cut them up and spread them out on the floor
You're full of hope as you begin rearranging
Put it all back together
But any way you look at things
Looks like the lovers are losing

I dreamed I was watching the young lovers dance
I reached out to touch your hair
But I was watching from a distance

We cling to love like a skidding car
Clings to a corner
I tried to hold on to what we are
The more I squeeze the quicker we're alter

You take the pieces of the dreams that you have
Because you don't like the way they seem to be going
You cut them up and spread them out on the floor
You're full of hope as you begin rearranging
Put it all back together
But in the final reckoning
Looks like the lovers are losing

The Lovers Are Losing - Keane