[lbo-talk] Obama & the white guys

[Miles Jackson]

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