[lbo-talk] Challenge for leftists of all stripes

Curtiss Leung curtiss_leung at ibi.com
Mon Nov 29 14:11:17 PST 2004


Doug on eliminating corp. free speech:


> I think this line of complaint is more petit bourgeois than
> proletarian. It seems founded on an often undisclosed nostalgia for
> the 19th century world of proprietorships or small partnerships. And
> what a wonderful time that was!

How does this follow from curtailing the speech rights of corporations? Besides, what's sauce for the big MNCs ought to be sauce for little businesses as well: no monkeyshines at the local level, either. In fact, wouldn't one want to keep a close eye on proprietorships and partnerships precisely because one doesn't want a bunch of them covertly operating together and so being, in effect, a large business?

It may be that corporate personhood will fall as a consequence of something other than a direct attack upon it. But why can't it be at least a rallying point for working class projects? It seems like a natural from that perspective.

Curtiss



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