[lbo-talk] NYT's durable doublethink

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Tue Nov 7 11:37:42 PST 2006


Carl Remick wrote:


> Am always amazed how complacent NY Times columnists are even when
> howling with outrage about systemic abuses. E.g.:
>
> Being able simultaneously to observe that some individuals "get
> outrageous pay" while also maintaining "nobody is getting ripped off"
> -- that's doublethink at its most redoubtable.

... Well, the first commandment of Capitalism is that greed is good; it's a positive force. Except of course when labor is greedy or "unreasonable" or "inflexible."

Get it?

Joanna



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