[lbo-talk] I hope you all vote(d) for Obama LOL LOL

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Tue Feb 5 10:38:09 PST 2008


On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, carrol cox wrote:


> > It has only the weight which a fan sitting before the TV has on the
> > outcome of an athletic contest.

You mean it's a ritual that hugely invests them emotionally in one side or the other so they identify their individual happiness with the collective fate of that side?

Funny -- that sounds like your description of the purpose of political demonstrations, only more so.

Michael



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