[lbo-talk] doom

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

>> Gar Lipow wrote:
>> >
>>   We have a tiny chance of winnning some of
>> > the incremental reforms right now, and (in the short run) none of
>> > winning the big ones.
>>
>> The argument is that this is not true. There is NO chance of winning
>the
>> "incremental" reforms, now or later, while there is a small, very small,
>> but _real_ chance of winning the "big one" (big one in this case being
>> some form of single-payer). That argument may be wrong, but it is the
>> argument that you have to respond to, and your post doesn't even
>> recognize its existence.
>>
>> Carrol

I'd go further and say that it's nearly impossible to get little reforms 
unless you have the threat of more sweeping change floating around out there 
somewhere.  So, for those of us who favor sweeping changes, it's our job to talk 
about those possibilities as clearly and accessibly as we can, which may turn 
out to be a greater contribution to winning smaller reforms than simply 
advocating them directly in all their maddening deficiency and complexity.

Jenny Brown