[lbo-talk] Re: boycotting the unorganized (middle class)

[Turbulo at aol.com]

You think it's that straightforward? You think people don't cling to 
myths as defenses against unpleasant realities? Americans hear from 
the day they're born that we're all middle class and upwardly mobile 
and life is constantly getting better. Of course a lot of that is a 
crock, but telling someone they're full of it is more likely to get 
you a punch in the face than a new recruit.

Doug

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Karl Marx: "As to the prejudices of so-called public opinion, to which I have never made concessions, now as aforetime the maxim of the great Florentine is mine: 'Follow your own couse, and let the people talk.'"

Doug Henwood: "As to the prejudices of so-called public opinion, which I have always taken scrupulously into account  when considering how (or whether) to express my ideas, now maybe a little more than aforetime the injunction of the familiar road sign is mine: 'Proceed with Caution.'"