On Nov 8, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> That is a problem - you seem to prefer ideological purity to
> pragmatism. I share your opinion of the American system, but I do
> not think
> that rebuilding it from the scratch is a viable option. Nothing
> ever is
> rebuilt from the scratch - even the most revolutionary movements
> are built
> on the already existing institutional resources.
>
Division of labor, Woj. Moderate reformism is powerless without a radical mobilization; there'd never be social democracy without some threat of total expropriation. Therefore, realists like yourself need radicals like Chuck, because otherwise, no one would pay attention.
Doug