[lbo-talk] teaching the pampered rich at Harvard

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Jul 23 04:42:54 PDT 2008


Joanna wrote:
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> So, why am I saying all this. Because I think the ruling class of this
> country is putrefying right in front of our eyes and though they can
> give their kids all that money can buy, that's all they can give them.
> This class will not produce a Tolstoy, or a Diaghilev. Maybe, if they're
> lucky, a Toulouse Lautrec.

Or as Caldwell said 75 years ago, studies in a dying culture.

Capitalist ruling classes NEVER decay but are constantly refreshed.

The number of imaginary shortcuts to revolution multiply exponentially it seems. Conspiracism. Peak Oil. Global Warming. Capitalist Decay. Third-World Growth. On and On and On.

If you don't hit it it won't fall.

Carrol



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