[lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism

bitch at pulpculture.org bitch at pulpculture.org
Sat Dec 29 10:08:36 PST 2007


At 10:33 AM 12/29/2007, Jordan Hayes wrote:
> >> You know, to a very great extent, life IS
> >> determined by forces outside of man's own self,
> >> his interest, his wishes.
> >
> > Yeah, but it's un-American to say so.
>
>What's the origin of the phrase "You can't fight City Hall!" ...?

yah. but as Robert Bellah et al., explain in _Habits of the Heart_ and _The Good Society_ that's the only way people tend to understand it -- as an institution or bureaucracy. And the real problem with institutions is that they are fouled up by corrupt individuals. They can be righted, fixed if you just get out the bad apples. in this view, captialism is bad because of bad capitalists. If individuals would just behave like good and fair capitalist, no worries!

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