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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian O. Sheppard" <bsheppard at bari.iww.org>
> >That's no guarantee that they'll be angry, either. (And likewise anger
> >isn't any guarantee that the angered will organize or do anything else.)
> Some people
> >can sit quietly through a class explaining, say, the theory of surplus
> >value, and link it to their own job(less) situation, and still not "feel
> >exploited" or become outraged.
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> And they don't have to be angry to think the wealthy should be taxed more.
> All this bizarre worry about how people see themselves ignores the fact that
> TODAY there is solid support for taxing the rich to pay for social spending.
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"Bizarre worry" eh? Who said anything about being worried there wasn't sentiment enough to tax the rich. I agree there's sentiment enough to do that and other things. The "bizarre worry" (on my part) is about change that's much more fundamental and/or direct than that, however. For example, in an earlier post I referred to labor organizers' experience with people thinking they are on their way up, so therefore no need to unionize or support unions - i.e. it's what poor, losers do.
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