[lbo-talk] Why Richard Hofstadter Is Still Worth Reading butNotforthe Reasons the Critics Have in Mind

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 10 20:39:49 PDT 2006


On Oct 10, 2006, at 10:38 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> I'm pretty pessimistic
> about the probability of human survival or the achievement of
> socialism
> (the two are synonymous) -- but you are turning into a Richard II: Let
> us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.

Actually I'm not pessimistic about human survival, just about socialist revolution, or even substantial social democracy, in the foreseeable future in the USA.

Doug



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