The Language of Betrayal

[Max Sawicky]

You, Seth and Doug argue that none of the improvements for low-income
workers were significantly impacted by progressive groups or progressive
policy changes.

How is that not a denigration of the efforts of the progressive groups who
fought for those policy changes?
-- Nathan Newman

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Seth & Doug can speak for themselves.  I said
NOTHING about the effect of progressive groups
on improvements for low-income workers.  I said
the improvements for low-income workers, such as
they were, could not be important explanatory
factors in the economic boom, contrary to your
assertion.  I will not review my arguments,
unless somebody begs me to.

But suppose they were.  Whether or not they
could be ascribed to progressive agitation
or not is an analytical question, not one
of loyalty.  I seem to have had a similar
conversation about two weeks ago, right here
on LBO.  I've had it with Louie about ten times,
when we were still on speaking terms.  It goes
something like this:

lp:  The Marxist Surf Club of Surinam is
the revolutionary vanguard.

mbs:  But I just read they torture kittens.

lp:  No.  You don't understand.  Capitalism
is a pox on humanity and must be destroyed.

TR