> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I recall when somebody here suggested that being a communist was a
> > "lonely guy" activity. Guess that trait is not ideologically
> > constrained.
>
>
> That was Katha Pollitt in an interview with Doug. If I recall
> correctly, she said studying Marxism was a lonely guy activity along
> the lines of collecting old records. Kinda stings, but sorta true, I
> think.
Studying any sort of philosophy tends to be a bit of a lonely guy activity... Marx once said that philosophy was like masturbation, he forgot to mention that political philosophy of the Marxist variety is like masturbating in public!