>At 6:26 PM -0400 8/9/03, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>You mention 9/11, but also: the boom ended, and so did the Clinton
>>years. Recessions are often bad for political activity, as fear
>>takes precedence over hope. And people are busy opposing Bush and
>>the Republicans; we need another Dem in the WH so they'll start
>>protesting capitalism again.
>
>Sounds a bit thin Doug. You saying Junior & co. make capitalism seem
>comparatively benign?
Not at all. They put a nasty personal and partisan face on it, so a lot of activists focus on getting rid of them, thereby ignoring impersonal and nonpartisan forces. One virtue of having the more "liberal" party in power is that it's easier to focus on underlying suckiness.
Doug