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

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Tue Nov 23 14:38:45 PST 2004


On Nov 23, 2004, at 5:00 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> jk jimi_ayler at yahoo.com, Tue Nov 23 13:51:57 PST 2004:
>> leftists are gloomy because of the injustice and reactionary
>> expectations of a cowed populace in late "democratic" capitalism.
>
> Are leftists gloomier than rightists or centrists? I've yet to see
> any empirical evidence that justifies the stereotype. No one likes
> doom and gloom more than end-time Christians, some of whom appear to
> be happily in power.

Doom, si. Gloom, no.

John A



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