>Yes, criticism, to be usable, must be specific. There was a rather good
>analysis of how a Nation piece only glancingly hit its main point; Doug
>getting hit over the head by the Small Business is Beautiful crowd, and other
>examples of bad practice and incoherent dogmatism I can't recall before I get
>another cup of coffee.
I'm not sure which Nation piece you are talking about. On the matter of small business, I happen to agree with Doug, but we have to realize that the Small Business Is Beautiful crowd probably don't share Doug's political goal, theory, etc., so, within their theory and in terms of their goal, it may make sense to prefer small business to big business (it all depends on what sort of society you want and how you want to get there). From their point of view, no doubt our outlook on small business looks dogmatic.
>Nothing clears my despair, politically or personally, than getting a better
>understanding of something. And hearing someone make idiot tirades against
>the left also gets me going. So I guess I don't feel so delicate. But then,
>I think my own freedom is at stake and I'm fairly clear that every good thing
>in my life was gained by struggle, so I'm not iffy about the whole project.
>(I'm not saying you are, I'm just saying why I'm not easily scared off.)
I don't count casual mailing list exchanges as "struggle," though. -- Yoshie
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