[lbo-talk] My interview w/ World Burns to Death

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Nov 1 18:30:48 PST 2006


Alex wrote:
>
> --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > I agree except for SUV drivers. Industry research proves they're
> > antisocial and paranoid people.
>
> How does industry research determine who is antisocial and paranoid?

Though I'm always a bit wary of research on personality & character of this or that group, this sounds possible -- but I would also say that were SUVs to be banished from the highways their current drivers might or might not continue to be "antisocial and paranoid." And I would presume it is (like the falling rate of profit) a _tendency_, differently manifested in different persons and under different conditions. Someone who was paranoid about moving waters would hardly appear as such if she lived her entire life in a Saharan oasis.

Carrol



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