[lbo-talk] A Case for Difficulty and/or Prolixity

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On 12/9/06, Tayssir John Gabbour <tayssir.john at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 12/9/06, bitch <bitch at pulpculture.org> wrote:
> > I also argue that Chomsky relies on a vulgar marxism which is easy to
> > explain. As a consequence, he can't speak to the experience of oppressed
> > groups in this society such as women, queers, and so forth.
>
> Well, I once asked Chomsky for an intro to econ, and he strongly
> recommended a book which he blurbed. It immediately argued against
> this vulgar marxism, this tunnel vision of economism. Instead, it
> discussed different spheres of life, like the kinship, community,
> economic, and political. And it directly argued against the vulgar
> marxist claim that the economic "base" is dominant in any and all
> economies.

Typo: "in any and all SOCIETIES." Excuse me.