[lbo-talk] crises kill

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 27 09:07:20 PST 2008


On Feb 27, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Eric wrote:


> I keep thinking of this as related to parenting. If the father in the
> disciplinary society was controlling and tyrannical, the neoliberal
> parent is understanding and helpful. Instead of forcing the will of
> capital on kids as the fordist father did, the neoliberal parent
> blocks lines of flight, through more caring mechanisms: empowering
> kids to explore themselves, encouraging them to be questioning and
> activist, and sending them to punk-rock camps.

Well what the hell is a parent supposed to do? You make the "neoliberal" father sound sinister, but what's wrong with encouraging self-exploration and skepticism? This is not a merely theoretical question for me!

Doug



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