[lbo-talk] Re: Uniforms/Fashion

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Aug 27 09:59:59 PDT 2003


Carrol Cox wrote:


>_Popular Culture_: I suppose on your pop culture list this has been
>discussed thoroughly, but just to give some preliminary focus, let me
>suggest that the _core_ of popular american culture _at this time_ is
>the belief that the invasion of Iraq is a legitimate and necessary part
>of the war on terrorism.
>
>Now it seems to me that, in fact, your quote from Marx also explains
>that. and explains it far better than do the moralistic diatribes of
>Doug and Zizek at the (alleged) wilful ignorance of the american people.

What is your position if not moralistic? The masses around you believe something horrible is something noble. They're cheering mass imperial murder and holy war. You are above all that. How'd that happen?

Doug



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