The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest

Brian O. Sheppard bsheppard at bari.iww.org
Sun Jan 12 18:01:43 PST 2003


On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Marta Russell wrote:


> well what the hell can any
> of us do? THEY SHOULD BE ANGRY AS HELL but they stand in line like
> little sheep waiting for the handout.
> Marta

It's "what can I do about my life?" (and the answer is always some variant of "throw myself back out on the labor market") vs. "what can we do about our lives?" - an off-limits area of discussion.

As far as little sheep waiting for a handout, it's hard to act otherwise when you've been made to graze your whole life. I try to keep the focus on the purveyors of the Horatio Alger ideology that permeates American culture and not let it develop into contempt for the victims of it.

Brian

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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Il etait enfin venu, le jour ou je fus un pourceau!" - Comte de Lautreamont, Les Chants de Maldoror, 4th Hymn, Strophe 6



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