[lbo-talk] lbo, a den of right-wingers?

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 26 10:06:51 PDT 2005



>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>I must say that the other day, here on the putatively Left BO list, I
>>experienced a degree of cognitive dissonance nigh on to electroshock
>>treatment when I was advised to recognize that advocating socialism is an
>>insult to the intelligence of the working class.
>
>It's not, though the working class might not be a receptive audience.

OK, that leaves me with Plan B: Trying to convince the Business Roundtable* that socialism is a good idea.

BTW, it may reassure JKS, NN and other LBOsters of a more incrementalist POV if the list were renamed. I propose "lbo-talk-no-action" ;-)

Carl

* "Business Roundtable (www.businessroundtable.org) is an association of chief executive officers of leading corporations with a combined workforce of more than 10 million employees in the United States and $4 trillion in revenues. The chief executives are committed to advocating public policies that foster vigorous economic growth and a dynamic global economy."



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