[lbo-talk] Re: barbarian of the moment

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Sat Dec 20 19:41:31 PST 2003


Doug Henwood


> We've been through this a million times before, but I'll say it
> briefly one more time. It's not enough to get "facts" out there. Many
> Americans just don't want to hear or know about the nasty things our
> government does. On some factual level they might actually "know" -
> but that knowledge is compartmentalized. They want to believe in the
> deep, fundamental goodness of the USA and avoid information to the
> contrary. Analagously, they're quick to believe that all America's
> "enemies" are one in the same, whether it was the Bolsheviks through
> the 20th century (a catch-all term that included labor militants,
> immigrants, and queers) or the "terrorists" of the 21st (Saddam = al
> Qaeda).

I agree with Doug, but Americans could now get all the information they need on the Net. They don't have to depend on the US media.

Moreover, this doesn't address the question of what the US Left or the Left in general (or very large components of it) doesn't want to hear or know.

Ulhas



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