[lbo-talk] Endgame in the banking sector

[Eubulides]

boddi satva wrote:
> I see, so then I take it that the totality of your "point" really is  - and
> this is pretty amazing even for lefties - that "laissez-faire" really is a
> more nuanced philosophy than my using it as an adjective suggested and that
> this - in your mind - is really the most important item to argue about in
> the whole discussion - who is and is not, by some precise definition,
> "laissez-faire".
>
> I wonder why people on the far left aren't listened to, because, really, in
> the face of economic collapse at the hands of right-wing lunatics, you're
> right, the most important thing really is probably to make sure our
> definitions of the various brands of the Hobbesian fantasy are tidy and not
> used in a casual way.
>
> CLEARLY that is the most important predicate of the Revolution.
>
> In fact, we should probably take some time out to put the spit-and-polish on
> *all* our definitions because goodness knows when the shit hits the fan we
> don't want to be saying "Trotskyist" when we mean "Leninist with Vanguardist
> leanings".
>
> I mean the Left has put a LOT of time into getting these definitions right,
> so let's not see that time wasted, eh?
>   
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Hey, you're the moron who's misdescribed the Bush admin as  laissez 
faire. Was the invasion of Iraq laissez-faire? How about the creation of 
the Dept. of Homeland Insecurity?

I'm done,

Ian