Bye, Bye, Imperial Pie

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 02:33 PM 10/30/00 -0800, dennis wrote:
>are acting like juvenile, sectarian airheads, and (2) says not one word
>about our old friend, global capitalism. He's reduced to quoting a Times

What does voting for Nader have to do with global capitalism?  

I hear the Nader crowd saying "Global capitalism is coming to get you! Vote
for Nader."  They could as well be saying "The end is coming! Repent!"  How
is the voting for Nader going to stop the advancement of global capitalism,
or even change the attitudes of corporate Amerika?  He hasn't managed to
get elected dog catcher, let alone derail global capitalism.  

Gitlin's piece, OTOH, makes one valid point - Bush's election might have
dire and long lasting consequences for progressives  just as Reagan's reign
did - voting for Nader will certainly not help to avert that threat, and
may even facilitate it.

wojtek