The lack of enthusiasm about RN has very little to do with what RN says about Marxism, and almost everything to do with the shrinkage and rightward drift of the DP. If the DP were hospitable to RN's politics, we'd all be busting our tails to get him elected.
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Miles Jackson Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 6:31 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Is Nader a Marxist, socialist, capitalist, bourgeoisdemocrat, or just lonely
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Joel Wendland wrote:
> In 2000 on CNN he was asked by a caller on a call-in show if he was a
> Marxist. His immediate and unflinching answer was, "no. I believe in
> democracy."
>
> Joel Wendland
This comment pretty much sums up my lack of enthusiasm for RN: he's so naive about Marxism that he conflates it with totalitarianism.
Miles
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