On the important French Fry Question

[Carrol Cox]

It seemed to me that the first two responses, from doug &
yoshie, gave a nearly exhaustive political analysis of the
issue of replacing political (i.e., collective) judgment with
inividualist moralism. Such individualist moralism is
primarily a rejection of class solidarity, replacing it with
mere private priggishness or national chauvinism. I havent
eaten at a macd for about 25 years i don't like the stuff.
But if i did like it or found it convenient I would of course
eat there. Walmarts give me the willies, but that is a mere
personal pecadillo of utterly no political import. Any
moral criticism of a working class woman or man for his/her
consumption choices is just plain offensive. It is entirely
different of course with organized boycotts with a clear
political (collective) purpose.

Sometime it would be interesting to discuss the use and
(mostly) abuse of nostalgia. The core of its abuse is its
semi-secret urge to return to the world described in the
chapter on the working day in _Capital_.

All those small locally owned bakeries that worked
their employees 18 hrs a day. And all those small
local employers back in the 1950s who were just
outraged at the laziness of employees who were
demanding that newfangled thing called ther coffee
break.

carrol