[lbo-talk] Re: lefties, fulfillment

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Thu Jan 20 07:54:18 PST 2005


Jks:
> If I could think of something to do that would in some
> obvious way havea reasonable chance of promoting
> socialist goals, I'd do that. Unfortunately I can't.

Sometimes the realization that nothing can be done (at least for the time being) is more constructive for the cause and certainly for one's sanity than banging-my-head-against-a-brick-wall activism. No one whom I know put it better than Cavafy: http://users.hol.gr/~barbanis/cavafy/antony.html

Wojtek



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