You are, like, so right man! The ruling class is completely and unequivocally united on every issue, all of them locked arm in arm in the sole task of oppressing the masses, and there are no "contradictions" or any other divisions as wackos such as Marx, Lenin, Mao and others would have suggested.
Now that I've come to accept this enlightened reality, I should feel the despair slipping away any moment now, eh?
Chris
----- Original Message ----- From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 5:11 PM Subject: Real Despair
> The measure of hope in the U.S. is the percentage
> of progressive activists and theorists in the United
> States who have, once and for all, cut all ties with
> the Democratic Party or any of its candidatesd at
> any level. in primaries or general elections.
>
> The level of Depair is to be measured by the number
> of progressive activists who think that somewhere there
> is at least one Democrat, runing _as_ a Democrat,
> who should be supported.
>
> Over on the marxism list I have recently carried out a
> brief struggle around the myth that there exist "divisions"
> within the U.S. ruling class. Belief in such divisions is
> another marker of deep despair in disguise. That
> belief is the chief ground upon which class collaborationism
> (opportunism, whatever nasty bit of jargon you prefer)
> fattens. And its chief manifestation is this bizarre belief
> that anything good, even in the short run, can come
> from working within or alongside of or in any relation
> other than utterly committed opposition to the
> Democratic Party.
>
> Carrol
>
>