[lbo-talk] The Dumb Side of Happiness (Interview with Michael Hardt)

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Tue Nov 23 14:34:51 PST 2004


On Nov 23, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> Thomas wrote:
>
>> Joy! What a concept! Of course there will be plenty of Leftists
>> that dont think that is permissible as a subject of discussion.
>> These will be the same ones who dont like the slogan, "A better world
>> is possible". They dont like either of these for the same reason:
>> neither is gloomy enough.
>
> Is it your happiness that induces in you a tendency to use stereotypes
> -- in this case about leftists -- in social judgment? :->

Not only do we need better stories, we need better stereotypes.

John A



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