[lbo-talk] Blue Dogs cashing in

[Miles Jackson]

// ravi wrote:
> I know I am in a Foucaltian (oops, make that Foucaldian, I think?) den 
> ;-), but dare I suggest that indeed things have gotten better overall, 
> even for the weak and poor? Chomsky (no Foucault, I admit) seems to 
> think so as well, doesn't he?
>
>     --ravi 

Compared to what other era/society?  --And are we applying our society's 
standards of comparison or the standards of the society we're comparing 
ourselves to?  (Whose standards are used to determine "better" and 
"worse" is a political question.)

Miles