[lbo-talk] Anybody But Bush for Empire

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

> The "dreamily optimistic" is a problem in so far as it's based on
> denying reality.  As I said some time ago, Hardt and Negri don't take a
> developmental view of human nature.  The result is that they think the
> "multitude" already has "the creative and revolutionary power" required
> for a "socialist project."
>
> Among other things, this seems inconsistent with the facts pointed to
> on pp. 75-8 of Doug's marvelous new book.  It may be that globalization
> is a process of "education" (in the sense of "bildung") that will
> develop "character" in a way that actualizes the "the creative and
> revolutionary power" of the "multitude," but nothing Hardt and Negri
> say demonstrates this.  The question doesn't arise within the
> theoretical framework they adopt.
>
> Ted
>

I completely agree with Ted.

The question I'd like to ask Doug is how he squares the fearless call to
action expressed in Patti Smith's line, "We created it.  Let's take it
over," with the slogan motivated by nothing but fear: Anybody But Bush.


:->

Yoshie