[lbo-talk] Re: the gibson jesus

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Carl:
> > I think the US, in particular, will never have decent social
services
> > -- and, more distantly, that there will never be any prospect of
> > socialism here -- so long as so many continue to look skywards for
> > guidance and solutions to social injustices and other real problems
of
> > life.

I think you attribute too much power to religious ideas.  The lack of
decent social services and a decent political system in the US is not a
result of people looking skywards or otherwise, or even saying the wrong
magic words.  It is a result of the material conditions that gave the
bosses the power to prevent the people from making their government
implement such services.

Wojtek