Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Tim Robbins, one of the Hollywood glitterati, has written a play, Embedded, that exposes the cabal in Washington that follows the teachings of Leo Strauss and controls USA foreign policy. Great conspiracy theory, but...
It appears that the Leo Strauss that Tim Robbins quotes in his play is not the Leo Strauss that escaped from the Nazi Holocaust and went on to teach political philosophy in the USA. Instead, as this fact checking theater critic discovered, Tim Robbins gets his conspiracy theories from Lyndon LaRouche. Way to go Tim!
I don't know much about Leo Strauss, but from what little I've read by him, he appears to be a thoughtful commentator on Plato and other philosophers that have thought about politics. Obviously a minefield, but someone's got to step through it. ¶ 9:35 AM
It appears that the Leo Strauss that Tim Robbins quotes in his play is not the Leo Strauss that escaped from the Nazi Holocaust and went on to teach political philosophy in the USA. Instead, as this fact checking theater critic discovered, Tim Robbins gets his conspiracy theories from Lyndon LaRouche. Way to go Tim!
I don't know much about Leo Strauss, but from what little I've read by him, he appears to be a thoughtful commentator on Plato and other philosophers that have thought about politics. Obviously a minefield, but someone's got to step through it. ¶ 9:35 AM
