On Dec 19, 2006, at 9:50 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote:
> This seems like crackpot realism, especially from a
> revolutionary socialist -- unless you retain the
> belief, which I doubt, that History (Is-ness)is on Our
> Side. There are lots of reason to look deeply into
> oughtness
Of course I wasn't embracing this as a general principle - just for Iraq. Talking about ideal arrangements separate from the immediate extreme hell on the ground really seems like an indulgence. But as a general principle I am skeptical of off the shelf schemas like Parecon; fuck, it'd be really nice if we just had better labor law.
Doug