----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
R wrote:
>society may have improve in some ways during the 1960s, but much is
rolled
>back and replaced by privatization, nonsense about "reverse
discrimination,"
>deregulation, the "war" on drugs, the "war" on terror, et al. and jim
crow
>once again rolls along.
This is one reason the left has so little broad appeal - there are deep reservoirs of pessimism, decline, depression, and fear in our discourse. We're literally hopeless, and can't even enjoy our victories. Cheer the fuck up.
Doug
===========================
Cynicism is so 20th century.
Dick Cheney is a cynic.
Donald Rumsfeld is a cynic.
Dubya would be a cynic if he knew what cynicism was.
The creeps who tortured the Iraqis are cynics.
"Yo, Diogenes. You gonna stay in that barrel forever?"