[lbo-talk] More on A.Roy

[Carl Remick]

>From: Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org>
>
>... The Left has its own echo chamber where famous writers are continually 
>elevated to the status of "leader" by our media. Why is it that our 
>"leaders" are writers? Noam Chomsky has pointed out numerous times that the 
>work he does could be done by anybody, yet we continue to elevate Chomsky 
>to the status of left superstar. It's gotten to the point where we've 
>sucked the life out of the poor guy.

I much agree.  This cult of celebrity is an embarrassment and creates great 
risk.  Ironically, it puts the left in the same position as corporations 
that rely on rely on celebrity pitchpersons and so risk a marketing disaster 
if their celebrity turns out to be, say, a child molester or drunk.
Just look at the amount of bandwidth that was wasted in trying to explain 
away C. Hitchens.

Carl

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