[lbo-talk] Re: war propaganda

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 4 17:20:45 PST 2003


Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:

Justin wrote:

Now now, you are not allowed to use psychological factors in historical explanation. That is not materialist. Just ask Yoshie. jks ----------
> When a non-swimmer falls into water, and panics as her lungs fill with
water, the panic does not cause the drowning.

As I said. Some people believe that History, no doubt through the operation of Economics, notably class interests (but not, apparently class _consciousness_, which is psychological) directly operates on historical agencies -- classes, states (heaven forbid, not on individuals; they're epiphenomenal too), and any accompanying believes and desires are just the siren on the steam engine.

jks

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