[lbo-talk] Hobsbawm Interview: 'History Is No Longer Necessary'

[Carl Remick]

>uvj at vsnl.com quoted Hobsbawm:
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>>George Soros, of whom I approve
>
>Wow. So Communism has come to this.
>
>Doug
>
>PS: I actually saw the two of them - Soros & Hobsbawm - in the same room at 
>the launch party for Stiglitz' globalization book. I hadn't realized that 
>fandom was part of the relationship!

Hardly seems worth living to the age of 87 if you just wind up with your 
lips planted on a billionaire's ass.

Carl