[lbo-talk] master's tools

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 12 11:02:13 PST 2003


No, the chain (of oppression) is adorned with flowers (of religion, spirituality, comfort). Marx wants to move religious delusion, not so that people will have bear oppression without consoaltion, but so that they can enjoy spirituality, comfort, and the flowers of life --a metaphor for what is beautiful and happy -- without it merely being delusive consolution for oppressive conditions.

--- Chris Doss <itschris13 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >
> >We don't want to pluck the flowers from
> >the chain and wear the chain without any
> consolation. We want to break the
> >chain and cull the living flower.
> >
> >Who chains up flowers? The master's tools thing I
> kind of get, but
> >chaining
> >up flowers is plain silly, and why would I think of
> wearing the chain
> >after
> >I picked the flower?
> >
>
> I think he means either that the chain is made of
> flowers (shades of Genet!)
> or that the chain has flowers woven into it.
>
>
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