[lbo-talk] Discussing the Crisis/Bailout

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 6 20:18:14 PDT 2008


On Oct 6, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Mark Bennett wrote:


> I ask seriously: if financial capitalism is about to
> blow itself up, why would any leftist want to stop it from doing so?
> Because it will cause the working class pain?

Yeah. You want to drive the unemployment rate to 12% or more? With no left at all with even a pretense of picking up the pieces? That's not politics - it's nihilism.

Doug



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