[lbo-talk] "How people Perceive the World": A Translation

[Carrol Cox]

It has been my experience, with few if any  exceptions, going back to my
first involvement in group politics in 1965, that when someone says "But
this is how people perceive the world" what they really mean is "This is
how I perceive the world but I don't want to admit it out loud."

The first step in convincing anyone of anything is to decide
(independently of tactics of persuasion) what it is that one wants to
persuade them to believe. Only then does one begin to explore the
relationship of desired goal to present consciousness.

Carrol