[lbo-talk] Krugman

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Mon Dec 17 19:40:31 PST 2007


John Thornton wrote:


> In the overall scheme of things it really is not that vile.
> I would also venture to guess that there is not one human on this planet
> that has done this hundreds of times.
> Besides, what was humourless to you may have been screamingly funny to
> others, right?
>
> John Thornton

No, ascribing motives to make sense of social relations is a fundamental ideological lynchpin of capitalism. If you are a leftist, it is politically indefensible.

Miles



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