anti-Ralph petition

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Nov 2 10:45:09 PST 2000


Lisa & Ian Murray wrote:


>Now this is depressing. Barber wrote in Strong Democracy:
>
>"The corporation is incompatible with freedom and equality, whether these
>are construed individually or socially. Like the night in which all cows are
>black, it obliterates the distinction between private and public...it sees
>the common talk and common action...of the strong democrat as a grave peril
>to its orderly world of clients, profits and planning. It is the enemy of
>democracy in all its forms. While the arid debate about capitalism and
>socialism goes on, the corporation prospers...If the corporation is not to
>defeat democracy, then democracy must defeat the corporation...Democracy
>proclaims the priority of the political over the economic; the modern
>corporation rebuts that claim by its very existence. [p 256-257]
>
>
>Isn't this precisely what Nader's been talking about for all these years?

You've got to watch these folks that talk about "the corporation" rather than "capital." But Barber won't talk about capital, since to do so would be to participate in "the arid debate about capitalism and socialism."

Doug



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