[lbo-talk] Re: lefties, fullfilment

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 19 12:18:31 PST 2005


Tom Walker wrote:


>Has it occurred to anyone that the putative Calvinist leftist's
>"lust for suffering" may simply be a form of conspicuous consumption
>(or in this case conspicuous unconsumption) that performs or is
>intended to perform the same status function that much consumption
>of wealth performs, once we move a way from literalist
>interpretations of utility?

It's occurred to me, but you put it better.



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