[lbo-talk] a sitdown with Chairman Bill

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Nov 14 11:18:47 PST 2005


Leigh Meyers wrote:


>On Monday, November 14, 2005 10:04 AM [PDT],
>Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>
>> William F. Buckley Jr. Opined:
>
>"My view is unorthodox," Mr. Buckley says of the violence roiling the
>French suburbs. "It seems to me that a very hard dose of market
>discipline would distract the attention of the young revolutionaries
>from their frolics, traditional and otherwise, and my sense is that
>if they had to worry about how to eat, and buy food, they would stop
>screwing around and face reality. If these people didn't wake up in
>the morning thinking about what cars to burn -- instead of work --
>they might not be having these problems."
>
>That's it? That's the extent of his analysis?

Unorthodox, isn't it?

Doug



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