[lbo-talk] "Nuttiness

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 21 10:47:37 PDT 2009


Carrol Cox wrote:


> The coin,
> incidentally, is a mechanical or vulgar conception of the difference
> between capitalism and socialism.
>

For those looking for exegetical insight, here's the true meaning of socialism:

http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20090330/005151.html


> Mabel is peacefully laboring away in Kansas making whatevers. James is
> peacefully laboring away in Reims making whatevers. Jim's boss
> installs a new machine and suddenly Mabel's life in Kansas changes
> foreever. What Jim does thousands of miles away transforms Mabel's
> life. Everyy one on the planet is so linked in millions of ways with
> everyone else, that everyone is subject to forces that no one really
> understands and can control.
>
> This must stop. When we stop it. When we destroy those millions of
> interconnections that enslave us all, be ur wages high or low, we may
> find ourselves in a pickle. So be it. We, or our children or
> grandchildren will have to work it out the best that they can.

And don't make the mistake of trying to engage the above. You've been warned:


> I just don't find it interesting to talk about what socialism is and
> whether it's a good or a bad thing.

Don't break the Golden Rule of Discourse: Carrol has the right to speak to *you* about the Forbidden Topics, not vice versa.

SA



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