Questions on Writer in Bourgeois Society

Tom Mackey dubiousclarity at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 4 20:31:28 PDT 2000



> Second, what is parasitism? Note that clerks and priests in Sartre's
> passage are lumped with parasites. But since clerks and priests do
> necessary work (at least, necessary to somebody) in what sense are
> they parasites?

I once worked in a clerical position at a large law firm that had hundreds of lawyers in dozens of international offices. One of my fellow clerks like to remind us that we were leeches on the neck of a vampire.

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