[lbo-talk] Sam Smith on Doug Henwood

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Feb 9 14:03:26 PST 2007


On Feb 9, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> The difference between Europe and US is social structure not ideology.

I have no problem with that, but as the Old Man said, when an ideology grips the mind of the masses it becomes a material force. Competitive individualism is a material force in American life, both because of the institutional reality and the fact that most people can neither see nor imagine any alternative.

Doug



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