[lbo-talk] Obama & the white guys

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Wed Feb 20 08:10:37 PST 2008


Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Feb 20, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Chris Doss wrote:
>
>
>> I had forgotten that individual thought and behavior
>> are totally irrelevant, sort of like how Hitler being
>> an anti-Semite didn't have anything to do with
>> anything.
>>
>
> If I were Carrol, I'd say this is a remarkably banal observation.
> There are a lot of anti-Semites in the world, always have been. How'd
> that particular anti-Semite come to lead one of the most powerful and
> "civilized" countries in the world and turn it into a killing machine?
>
> Doug
>
He must have really, really, really hated Jews. Or he was evil. Or both. (Individual psychology is /always/ the cause of events--that's capitalist ideology 101!)

Miles



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