[lbo-talk] A gem of a speech from Zoellick on socialists, anarchists, and anti-globo protesters

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On 5/30/07, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> [Zeollick is a Grade-A motherfucker. He has been one of the most
> ardent opponents of the anti-corporate globalization movement and
> uses a lot of ideologically charged talk. Below is from a speech he
> made in 2001 that brings up socialists and anarchists and lots of
> other colorful stuff. He refers to folks throwing stuff at windows;
> i.e. the '99 'Battle of Seattle' anti-WTO protests. -B.]

Incidentally, did you hear about the Liberty University student who
was arrested for allegedly having multiple napalm-like bombs meant for
protestors at Jerry Falwell's funeral? Three other suspects were being
considered.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3201543&page=1

Many people noticed that he wasn't called a suspected terrorist in
that article...


> But Zoellick's specifically mentions ideological afiliations like
> socialism, anarchism, and the International, which is rarer to see
> these days.

I really suspect that many leaders understand anarchism. Maybe they
hadn't read anything serious on it, but I keep hearing the word
"anarchy" from them when they start considering some sufficiently
serious form of democracy.

No kidding. A CEO was telling me about having a workplace where people
made their own estimates. But of course it couldn't actually be
democratic. "That's... anarchy!"

Damn straight.

Tayssir

--
Disclaimer: yes, I know that democracy may not be the best term to
capture what people really mean when they say it. But critics of
democracy rarely have any commitment in that direction.