[lbo-talk] Carville picks up the "narrative" idea

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 9 14:42:25 PST 2004



>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
>
>Perhaps
>we can even agree on some kind of proclamation or a statement permanently
>posted for others to view - if that is not too much to ask.

Sure, here's a start:

The Declaration of Interdependence

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to reform the social bands which have been disconnected from one another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the socialistic station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of humankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the consolidation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all humans are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, which in turn requires an equal-outcome society; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among humans deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of economy (in this case, capitalism) becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations evinces a design to reduce the people under absolute despotism, clearly the incumbent motherfuckers have to go.

And let's keep God out of it!

Carl



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