[lbo-talk] Taibbi (was Re: Fwd: Antioch College Closing!)

[Joseph Catron]

That's quite a mixed bag.  It reminds me of a personal exercise I did
the other day.  I first listed those causes with the greatest
potential appeal to the American working class (higher wages for fewer
hours, lower rents/mortgages for better housing, cheaper premiums for
improved health care, etc.)  Then I tabulated the genuine moral
imperatives of the modern world (reversing climate change, ending
global poverty, stopping militarism, etc.)

What common ground could I find?

Not a single goddamn inch.

If anyone has a solution to my current dilemma, I'll owe them a
pitcher of their choice of beverage.

On 6/15/07, Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:


> How about: (1) universal and affordable health care, (2) guaranteed living
> wage jobs for everyone, (3) elimination of poverty and cultural dysfunctions
> it creates, (4) equal educational opportunity for everyone, (5) proportional
> political representation free of corruption and monied interests (public
> funding of election), (6) clean environment for everyone and rational use of
> natural resources, (7) humane treatment of animals, (8) safe an nurturing
> community for everyone, (9) freedom to enter the relationship of one's
> choice regardless of sexual orientation, and (10) foreign policy based on
> détente, peace, open borders, internationalism and respect for the universal
> human rights.