Eric Beck wrote:
>
> What happened to Yoshie? Politically, she's always irritated the
> hell out of me, but that was because of major philosophical
> differences. Back in the day, at least her by-the-book Leninism was > by
turns interesting, provacative, or harmless. But this Green >
Party-populist turn she's taken in the last couple years--which, > probably
not coincidentally, has been accompanied by a severe > moralizing
streak--is very creepy. Her embrace of the Iran regime, > however
"critical," gives me the shivers....
^^^^ CB: This sounds kind of illogical. You didn't like Yoshie's politics before, and you don't like them now. Why would that imply that something has "happened" to Yoshie ?
^^^^^^
I want to spin some
> cautionary tale about how easily statist-socialist politics can
> warp into statist-reactionary politics, or about how for many on
> the left principled anti-racism, -sexism, and -imperialism is a
> disguise for/must take a backseat to anti-Americanism. But that
> would be churlish and not in my character
^^^^^ CB: "Anti-Americanism" is a term used to cover for American chauvinism and imperialism, the worst terrorism in existence. Socalled anti-Americanism is the essence of anti-imperialism, anti-racism today, given the role of America in today's world system.