[lbo-talk] Intellectuals and progress...

[joanna bujes]

"Among the intellectuals, I don't think anything's changed, but 
it rarely does. But among the general population, it's correct to say 
that the level of civilization is much higher  things that would have 
seemed perfectly appropriate then are outlandish now."

That first sentence is worth some discussion; the whole wedding of capitalism and meritocracy...and its effect on the intelligentsia merits discussion.

Joanna