----- Original Message ----- From: "Wojtek Sokolowski" <sokol at jhu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 2:26 PM Subject: Re: EU
> At 12:03 AM 8/16/01 +0900, jc helary wrote:
> >basically if 'speech' is a consumer good, f-o-s equals free trade
in that
> particular area ? so f-o-s is a tool for capitalists to exploit the
masses
> ? i am wrong in my interpretation ?
>
>
> Exactly. Marx himself would not have said better.
>
> PS. What I find especially distressing is not that speech and
culture
> became commodified, but that they are a particular type of commodity
akin
> to fast food - fast food for thought if you will. Public discourse
and
> private conversations alike are littered with junk thoughts and
opinions
> dished out by the media & entertainment idustry just as the US diet
is
> littered with heavy doses of nauseatingly syrupy Coke and grease
burgers. Yuk!
>
> wojtek
========= How about those Cubs? :-)
Do you really expect people to do philosophy, science and other 'deep' discourse all the time, or do you never make 'small talk'?
Ian