Cicero on the Asian financial crisis

jf noonan jfn1 at msc.com
Sat Feb 20 08:24:35 PST 1999


On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Carrol Cox wrote:


> A few years ago there was a fine article in MR on Cicero, and on the
> politics of stoic and epicurean. Cicero was a first-class shithead, and
> stoicism continues to be a strong element in really reactionary thought
> and propaganda up to the present (especially in that sort of propaganda
> which is aimed at maintaining the morale and self-satisfaction of
> shitheads (including the propagandist him/herself). E.g., "I can feel
> your pain, because
> O I myself am in such pain, but pain is good for us."

Sounds like vintage Clinton.


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> Carrol
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Joseph Noonan jfn1 at msc.com



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