A Modest Proposal for The Empire

Bradford DeLong jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu
Wed Dec 26 20:26:12 PST 2001



>Do I detect a split on the ultra-left? :0
>
>By denigrating ObL and Al Queda - who just used Empire's violence
>against itself in what would have been a brilliant jujitsu move
>had it not
>been completely suicidal for ObL, Al Queda, and their friends in
>the Taliban
>(and possibly their sponsors in Pakistan) -
>you are giving aid and comfort to the United States and hence
>Capital,
>which can only spell more misery for the oppressed of the world.
>
>And how do you know the oppressed of the world have been
>ambivalent
>in their responses?! Did you consult one of those oppressed
>polls?
>
>Peter, against Empire and ultra-leftism

Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! Such a resort to sarcasm can only indicate that you are in great danger of succumbing to neo-conservatism! Begin decontamination procedures immediately! Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!



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