Ruthless Critique (Was Re: Hitch-Turk)

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

>Reed says:  It's hard to oppose everything
>existing, I guess.
>
>In Marx's early letter [...] he called for a "ruthless critique
>of all that exists!" It hasn't gotten any easier.
>
>Unhappy is the nation (or journalist) who needs a hero -- be it Uncle Joe
>or Baby Bush. 
>
>jks

I don't think Reed's point was hero-worship.  The 'ruthless critique of all 
that exists' is not the same as opposing everything existing.  Marx certainly 
didn't do that.  I think people on the left get exhausted and overwhelmed 
when they confuse the two.

Jenny Brown