[lbo-talk] populist eruptions

[Mike Ballard]

The very idea of cooperative (banking, housing, etc.)
is self-help rather than being helped by an outside
force.  However, 'Muricans seem to prefer passive
entertainment to doing it themselves.  Case in point:
Public Access TV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-access_television
which flopped big time due to the lack of interest, as
people prefered to be spoon-fed by networks instead of
doing TV themselves.  Ditto for housing, banking or
cooperatives.  Perhaps this was a nation of self-made
piooneers at one point in time - but that pioneering
spirit is long dead.  Passive swallowing raw whatever
corporate suppliers dish out seems to be the norm
today.

Wojtek

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Passivity goes hand in hand with the generalized masochistic psychological
character structure of the ruled.  It's the foundation on which mass
conservatism is based.  Automatons conform to the domination of actually
existing class rule

Mike B)

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