>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: Intellectuals vs. activism / labor theory of value
>Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:13:21 -0400
>
>At 02:47 PM 8/7/2002 +0000, justin wrote:
>
>>Personally I think solidaritistic arguments are preferable. If the mass of
>>working people do not see themselves as united as a class in solidarity
>>with one another, we will not be able to make any arguments effective. If
>>they feel that they share common interests, they will have the
>>solidaristic emotions that are necessary to make the expropriation of the
>>expropriators effective.
>
>
>I think that they demand too much of the human actors. Unlike capitalism,
>whose strength lies in appeals to the lowest common denominator and most
>debased instincts like greed, hedonism, or laziness. A strong
>organization is an organization that does not assume titanic qualities of
>human actors, but instead assumes the least of them and turns their
>weakness into a strength.
>
>wojtek
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