No matter which path they drive, they eerily arrive right back at the house. No escape.
That's trying to get away from the hard, unpleasant requirement of labor organizing, in a nutshell. "Yes, my friend -- well, I agree -- so lead by example..." Well, fuck, I've done more than I've let on on the list, but I shouldn't have to pull the Titanic ashore by my goddamned self, either. Pointing things out doesn't mean I think everyone but me should do it.
All roads lead to Rome -- and most social ills in the US lead back to the need for radical labor organization. Not all, but a lot.
Is that getting a "tired" thing to say? "Heard it before!"? Well, what the fuck else is there -- really? It's the cul-de-sac of so many of the problems discussed here. Not all of them, but a big chunk.
Husami answered Wood's question about Marx's notion of justice almost 30 years ago, but we're debating that (yes, I chipped in, too - I'm a nerd) in 2007.
-B.
Mr. WD wrote:
"Like Bob, I tend to agree, although this observation does not in any way undermine the urgent need for the kind of organizing B. is referring to."