At 08:04 PM 2/18/2008, Carrol Cox wrote:
>I have never said anything about the DP "as an instrument of
>working-class liberation." I have assumed that no one onthis list is
>stupid enough to think that, and have felt no need to argue against it.
>What I have said is that it has been a constant barrier to _any_ kind of
>left growth, primarily because it sucks in 90% of the people (like
>Julio) who might otherwise be the cadre that could build the left. We
>lack leaders -- LOCAL leaders. So many of our potential leaders are
>doing stupid things like day-dreaming about what the Obama campaign
>might mean or whether on 'progressive' DP Senator is worth a damn to
>anyone. And those potential local leaders like Julio protect their cute
>little daydreams by making sure they don't understand the criticism made
>of them.
>
> > It's
> > > trivially true that U.S. workers won't be able to liberate themselves
> > > through the Democratic Party as is. ]
>
>So fucking trivially true I take it as a personal insult that you think
>I would bother to try to make that point. The next thing you will be
>describing Cox as arguing vigorously that sewage water is bad for baby
>formula.
>
>Disgusting.
>
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