[lbo-talk] literacy

[Dennis Perrin]

> I'd like to argue just the opposite: a thriving capitalist society
> requires independent and innovative thought and action.  True,
> lots of deskilling, but also increasing pressure to think of
> new, profitable ways of doing things.  --Granted, that
> innovative frame of mind does not always apply when people
> are thinking about capitalism, but capitalism definitely
> incites individuality and innovation.
>
> Miles

Within recognized and accepted boundaries, of course, and usually along
class lines. High schools have student elections which, supposedly, prepare
the young for the Real Thing. How many student prez candidates come from
poor or working class families, or who call attention to the rigidity of the
process and suggest, say, an anarcho-syndicalist alternative? I wouldn't be
surprised if it happened here and there, but it's certainly not something a
thriving capitalist society is itching to see.

DP