[lbo-talk] Re: Wojtek and America

[stmcgraw at vt.edu]

>Well, alas, a lot of this is true. This is because he is a East European 
>intellectual and there's a lot of elitism that comes along with that. But, 
>this is not to say that American unconsciousness is not a problem.
>
>Joanna
>

We should probably not generalize about east european intellectuals (i know
some very nice ones), but of course 'american unconsciousness' is a
problem.  i simply dont see any evidence that it correlates inversely to
wealth, culture or proximity to a college campus

-steve (using ever so many big words today)