[lbo-talk] Rightwing College Students Target Ehrenreich's 'Nickel & Dimed'

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Well, there is debate about facts -- oddly enough! As
well as their interpretation and selection. What
strikes right wingers as impoerant about Wal Wart is
the success story of Sam Walton and the beneficant
role the corporation performs , not sob stories about
poor exploited workers. If Ehrenrich had written
upbeat stories about plucky former welfare moms making
something of themselves at Wal-Mart, the right would
have liked that. jks

--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From the article:
> 
> 
> Zach Clayton, a freshman from Raleigh, said the
> university would have been smart to require both
> "Nickel and Dimed" and "Sam Walton: Made in America:
> My Story," the autobiography of the Wal-Mart
> founder.
> 
> ***************
> 
> The insistence upon seeing "both sides" is what
> draws
> the attention in.  
> 
> Ehrenreich's observations about how difficult it is
> to
> live on very meager pay are either correct or not;
> there is no debate, only fact checking. What exactly
> is the other side?
> 
> It is the belief that, evidence be damned, the US is
> the land of opportunity for everybody who's willing
> to
> work hard and 'have a dream.'
> 
> These students seem to be insisting (though I doubt
> they know it) upon the enforcement of our
> collective,
> Potemkin village of the mind.
> 
> Perhaps the most tenacious and slippery foe
> progressives face.
> 
> 
> DRM
> 
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