[lbo-talk] Re: How Americans Would Respond

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon May 2 07:22:02 PDT 2005


Turbulo at aol.com wrote:


>But I can't help but think that part of it also had to do with a
>generalized mentality that exalted pleasure and scorned sacrifice or
>methodical effort. The rebellion simply wasn't as profound or
>serious as the rebellion of the thirties. (This isn't simply
>revolutionary ascetic scolding. I am very much a child of the
>sixties, and consider many of its weaknesses to be my weaknesses as
>well.)

Why are they weaknesses? Why can't our critique of capitalism include its punishing work ethic and its denial of non-commercial aspects of pleasure? As Susie Bright once said in an interview with me, "Workers of the world, unite!" is an erotic concept.

Doug



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