On Jun 20, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> But suppose you've come from a family where nobody has ever swum, or
> named a kid anything unusual. Suppose the music you like is the music
> you've been hearing since you were born. And paying bribes is seen
> in the same light as we see paying taxes -- a nuisance, but part of
> life.
>
> This describes most of humanity, doesn't it? We're the exceptions.
And there's nothing to be valued in our state of exception?
Let's see. Most of us who are socialists or radicals think that being poor sucks - that it makes for material misery and constricted personal development. Yet, on the other hand, we feel guilty about our privilege, and often envy the "authenticity" of the poor. So why do we care about transforming anything?
Doug