[lbo-talk] Re: RIP, Dr. Fraud

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Christian Gregory wrote:
>
>>And every time someone points out how ridiculous he was, someone (Doug, of 
>>all people!) Freudianizes the effort: oh, you're trying to kill me, I must 
>>be very radical/threatening/a limit object etc.
>
>Hey, I'm just drawing attention to the repeated attempts to bury the good 
>doctor, which remind me very much of the repeated attempts to bury Marx. If 
>either were really no damned good, or of so little importance, why the 
>repeated attention?
>
>Doug

Allow me to take Yoshie's place in the penalty box as a repeat overposter 
today and observe that I do not view Freud and Marx as natural allies.  
AFAIC, the time individuals spend navel-gazing and twiddling with their own 
psyches is time lost for contemplating the evils of a society that twists 
people's minds and brings out their most neurotic inclinations.  I'm also on 
record here as saying that I don't think much of anti-anxiety and 
anti-depressive drugs either -- all of which dull people's awareness that, 
hey, it's the *system* that's at fault.  IMO, psychiatry is fundamentally 
bourgeoisie self-indulgence.

Carl

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