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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 19 21:04:25 PST 2004


Carl Remick wrote:


>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.

So people suffering from psychological problems should just tough it out and wait for the revo?

Doug



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