[lbo-talk] Re: stupid americans?

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jon Johanning <jjohanning at igc.org>
>
>On Sep 27, 2004, at 1:17 PM, Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>This country doesn’t just tolerate mediocrity; it insists on it.  
>>Mediocrity is, of course, the iron law of capitalism – the drive to turn 
>>not just every item but every individual into a commodity, to ensure that 
>>no worker (except the uniquely talented "visionaries" at the top of the 
>>heap) is irreplaceable.  But I think the US pursues the lowest common 
>>denominator with a zest unequaled in any other capitalist society.
>
>So let's all just give up trying to change anything. Let's just sit on our 
>duffs and discuss, with our enormous intellects, just why it is that 
>Americans are too stupid to ever change their society.

Ah well, revolutionists have attempted to change the world in various ways, 
the point is to interpret it :)

Carl