[lbo-talk] Let's Build

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

Alienation? That's just nonsense conjured up by elites and academics to keep the working 
class from reaching the state of bliss that only commodity consumption can bring.

How can one be alienated if they have their own hot-tub and a Hummer? Besides, as James 
asks, where else should they live but in a house. There is no alternative.

James argument reminds me of an analogy I use with students when this subject arises. If 
elites are shitting in the pool because it feels good should we work to stop them or should 
we encourage everyone to take part in a collective dump? 

John Thornton

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On 14 Oct 2006 at 12:08, joanna wrote:

And the larger the houses grow, the farther apart people live from one another: house from 
house; room dweller from room dweller. All this further fuels the paranaoia, alienation, and 
intolerance that destroys our lives.

I have lived in many sizes of apts/houses. What mattered was not how big the space was, 
but who I was sharing it with.

Joanna

On 14 Oct 2006 at 9:09, James Heartfield wrote: 

    

I read the news of 300 000 000 Americans as a good thing. And where 
else should they live but in houses?