[lbo-talk] Greider Deludes Himself

[Carl Remick]

>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
>
>So to sum it up, I think that Greider is up to something when he sees the
>bankruptcy of the neo-con/neo-lib agenda as a window of opportunity for
>Democrats to offer an alternative vision of economy and society.  The
>problem is, however, that such an alternative is not forthcoming, as
>Democrats are either counting on a, automatic windfall from popular
>dissatisfaction with Bush, which is unlikely to materialize, or otherwise
>stuck, like a broken record, on repeating their laundry list of
>special-interest grievances, but no alternative vision for the mainstream
>America.

Well put, but the problem is that measures targeted to general grievances -- 
the lack of universal guaranteed employment, health care and pension 
benefits -- are sure to be sniffed out as "socialistic."  While Americans 
hate special interests, they hate the general interest even more.  Americans 
hate a lot.

Carl