Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Heavens no. Insofar as the masses vote, they delegate those functions
> to professional politicians.
>
> I'm talking about the way that conventional left discourse often
> legitimates itself by speaking in defense of/on behalf of a majority
> oppressed by a privileged minority.
This is an empirical claim added to a metaphysical claim. The concept of a conventional left is a metaphysical claim. The reference to how it sees itself is an empirical claim about a metaphysical object. I see no eveidence for either.
Carrol