>>> dhenwood at panix.com 03/05/01 02:53PM >>>
Charles Brown wrote:
> >>> dhenwood at panix.com 03/03/01 08:20PM >>>
>Carl Remick wrote:
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>>Loss of vision is surely a chief factor in the such-as-it-is quality
>>of the left today.
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>I agree with this. I think the best way to fight working class racism
>is by appeals to universality and justice, emotional appeals to human
>solidarity, and not by appeals to some vague unprovable long-term
>material self-interest.
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>CB: Why not appeal to both ?
Because the case for material self-interest is at best long term, and not really proved. Yoshie seems to think it's proved, but as far as I can tell she's just asserting that and citing theory to back up the case.
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CB: It seems that Reich's studies are just as "much" empirical evidence as Boushey's , but evidence supporting the opposite concluson than that that Boushey draws. Boushey's study doesn't seem to be the only statistical evidence on the issue in dispute.