[lbo-talk] A different "last" generation

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Fri Feb 17 18:39:24 PST 2006


Bill Bartlett wrote:


> Have had the same experience as you, so I can sympathise. bear in mind
> though that, at that age, they can't possibly have thought that
> conclusion through on their own. (Unless they are social organisation
> savants.) So clearly this is only accepted wisdom they have assimilated.
>
> As they mature they will have the opportunity to adapt their ideas,
> like all of us.

And then consider that, for them, the possibility of socialism, while theoretically desireable, will not affect their lives as much as it would that of adolescents who are poor and hungry and who cannot afford to get dental care. So, the issue does not seem very pressing.

Joanna



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