[lbo-talk] Hegemony Re: Bolshevik-Bashing -- The Point

[Thomas Seay]

--- Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org> wrote:
> If there is no buyoff, why the victory of
> opportunism within the U.S.
> working class ? What's the alternative explanation ?
> People are happy
> because they have television ? The crush of Cold
> War, anti-communist
> propaganda ?
> 

1) No appealing alternative.

2) Media control

3) The possibility of upward mobility (guess this
could be considered part of buyoff.)

4) Existence of right-wing ideology, racism, etc
within the ranks of the working class

5) Last, but not least....not enough of them listen to
WBAI and therefore have not heard Doug's radio show :)

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