>> I'll confess that I find revolution almost inconceivable in any First World
>> country.
>> Doug
>
>gee Doug, isn't this the kind of thing that starts someone down the road
>to neo-conservatism or the 'socialism' of the *Dissent* crowd at least.
>..maybe hanging with the *Bad Subjects* folks - and their knowingly
>playful and self-reflexive readings - can prevent that from happening..
>.and what was it that Gramsci said about 'pessimism of the intellect,
>optimism of the will?' (I think someone said it before G but I can't
>remember who it was)...Michael Hoover
Well can you imagine it Michael? I'm hot to be persuaded.
I find capitalism so appalling in so many ways that I could more easily imagine revolution than myself embracing neoconservatism or Dissentary politics. Besides, isn't it the case that as Bad Subjects' David Hawkes says, revolutions often come as a surprise?
Doug