[lbo-talk] Re: RE: Re: RE: WMT goes orgo (Wojtek Sokolowski)

[Jerry Monaco]

On 8/28/06, Jim Straub <rustbeltjacobin at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I think that singling out retailers like Whole Foods has more to do with
> > blue collar anti-intellectualism (your use of vernacular seems
> > symptomatic)
> > and silly resentment and kulturkampf against "yuppies" than any serious
> > effort to advance the cause of labor in this country.
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> > Wojtek
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> Ha ha ha!  Are you seriously saying this?
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> It's true I find yuppie intellectuals as distasteful as the fancy cheese
> they overpay for at fancy scab grocery stores.  But I believe my
> "blue-collar anti-intellectualism" is actually part and parcel of "any
> serious effort to advance the cause of labor in this country."
> wink chuckle   ; )
>

Jim,

Woj, is completely serious.  But more, he thinks that workers are stupid and
that he is their superior, and only "educated" middle class professionals
should lead them.  (I think basically this is even a conclusion that he has
come to in his academic essays on professionals in Eastern Europe, though I
may be wrong on this because I have only glanced at his papers.)  He thinks
anybody who thinks otherwise is giving into dangerous populism.  He also
doesn't believe in replying if you actually argue rationally or present
facts.

So fair warning.  But....

He is also sometimes interesting.  He provokes, simply because he has a
psychological need to be provocative.  But sometimes he will say a few
things that are worth thinking about if for no other reason than that he
makes you go back to basics in order to refute him.  This is as far as my
defense of Woj, will go.

Jerry
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