Abuse of power

Enzo Michelangeli em at who.net
Sat Nov 28 19:11:07 PST 1998


-----Original Message----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> Date: Sunday, November 29, 1998 5:06 AM


>Henry C.K. Liu wrote:
>
>>I was not talking about Louis Proyect, I was using him to talk about
>>freedom of speech.
>>This is a classic example of class struggle.
>
>No it's not about class struggle - the bourgeoisie only have Brad & Max
>here!

Hey, me too! I never denied being a visiting liberal.


> It's about maintaining a social/discursive space. Lou & I have
>watched a lot of "Marxism" mailing lists spin out of control. No more about
>this.

Hmmm. What you are saying does not inspire a great deal of confidence in the possible cohexistence of socialism and freedom. Then don't be surprised if, in the real world, the masses prefer to "spin out of control", and keep telling the socialists "thanks but no thanks".

Enzo



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