[lbo-talk] Rightnut Astroturf (Re: was Hegemony, Nature of)

[Shane Taylor]

Kelley wrote:
> Everyday, after Rush, they hop on the 'net and parrot
> everything the guy says.
>
> Now, what? do we recreate the same thing? I find
> the thought of encouraging this kind of dittohead
> agit prop for "our side" deeply problematic. Not that
> you're proposing this, but what kind of people does
> that create? People who don't have two brain cells
> to rub together. Dittoheads do not create the kind
> political practices, practices of commitments, and
> political communities that are capable of
> substantive democracy.

Exactly.  "The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees
with the record that is being played at the moment," said George Orwell.

-- Shane

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