[lbo-talk] Keynes: Marx and the Koran

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Sep 19, 2007, at 2:33 PM, Carl Remick wrote:
>
>   
>> things that are New!
>>     
>
> Lately I've been struck by how young Ivan, age 20.5 months, has taken  
> up the word "New!" as a desirable attribute of commodities. I  
> recently got him a new toothbrush and a new sippy cup, and both were  
> identified with that word (and you could even hear the exclamation  
> point!) for several days after. The capitalists are tapping into  
> something fundamental and primitive with that appellation, that's for  
> sure.
>
> Doug
>   
I'd read that as a sign of socialization into a commodity culture.  Kids 
that age are sociolinguistic sponges.

Miles