> >
> >The other thing to keep in mind is that people like Mark Twain, Charlie
> >Chaplin and Will Rogers had absolutely immense followings. I still contend
> >that Moore belongs to this tradition more than any other. Speaking of mixed
> >messages, does anybody think that Twain wrote 100% "progressive" novels?
> >The jury is still out on Huckleberry Finn.
> >
> <snip>
> >Louis Proyect
> >
I'm currently reading the prince and the pauper, by mark twain, where the pauper exchnages places with the prince, a biting satire on privlage. If you could also define what you mean by 100% porgressive? is there such things as a 50% progressive? 25% progressive? Mark Twain was progressive for his time, i think. Who knows, future generations might find dough Henwood to be only 25% progressive... or maybe even a flaming right winger?
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