--- Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How many Americans would say that they have had a
> born-again
> experience, leading to a commitment to socialism or
> anarchism, through
> their participation in strikes, union organizing,
> pro-choice rallies,
> anti-war demonstrations, environmentalist
> organizing, etc.?
> --
[WS:] Yoshie, your faith in socialism is commendable, but i am afraid we are having a big trust/credibility problem here. The concepts of unionism and socialism are so discredited in this culture, that any attempt to proselytize US-ers to socialism would turn ugly, no matter ho dedicated the missionaries would be.
There is a saying in the old country that literally translated goes like this (it rhymes in the original): Strong committment is not enough You will not turn shit into a whip.
Wojtek
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