--- On Fri, 1/2/09, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Credit crunch a myth?
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 3:27 PM
> You are both either idiots or have made no attempt to follow
> me. The
> Enemy is of course (at least) two-tiered. (b) the ultimate
> enemy is an
> abstract system of ordering human activity (capitalism);
> (a) the
> immediate enemy is whoever deflects leftists or
> almost-leftists from the
> task of creating an independent left in the u.s., which
> depends to a
> great extent on the vigor and clarity with which local
> leftists engage
> in that task. It is quite clear that that latter enemy
> consists
> essentially of left-wing Democrats. They are not monsters
> and you are
> being an asshole for introducting that diversion; they are
> all _very_
> good people; most of my close friends belong to that
> category. But they
> do constitute, as a political force, a barrier to the
> future.
>
> Carrol
>
> Chris Doss wrote:
> >
> > That would be the Monster, Satan, American capitalism
> and all of its evil ways. Its wiles may seduce if you
> don't watch out. BEWARE! Cross yourself and say 5 Hail
> Lenins every time you feel tempted to think otherwise.
> >
> > --- On Thu, 1/1/09, >
> > > By the way, who's the enemy? The mainstream
> Dems and
> > > Reps, who support the bailout, or the Republican
> right that
> > > opposes it?
> > >
> > > Doug
> >
> >
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