[lbo-talk] Dispiriting Suburbs?

[Jesse Lemisch]

Of course we are all victims within a system that limits our choices. I
would much rather have lived in a rental apartment than in a co-op. Where we
live is partly a reflection of our desires, and partly a reflection of the
market situation we live in. I'm sure there's an appropriate Marx quotation,
but even without that, it's true. Don't hang so much on the term "victim."
Ww're caught within a system -- you, too, Doug.

Jesse Lemisch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Dispiriting Suburbs?


>
> On Oct 19, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> > These attacks on people, on their tastes, their living quarters, their
> > restaurants, their transportation, are just another version, and a
> > contemptible one, of blame the victim.
>
> How are they victims? They sure don't perceive themselves as such. So
> you're also stepping aside or above the masses and passing judgment -
> just of a different sort.
>
> Doug
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