[lbo-talk] Is Obama Running Interference to ProtectBankers' Pay?

[Miles Jackson]

SA wrote:
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> Or more specifically - why not be for fascism or apartheid, Miles? 
> You're not, but why not? Can you provide any reasons at all?
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> SA
This question illustrates my point: it is common sense in our society 
for call on people to justify their actions/positions by appealing to 
moral/ethical principles.  The question--and any responsive 
answer--reinforces the capitalist ideology that social formations (e.g., 
fascism) are the result of the psychological characteristics of the 
individuals involved.  ("If only the Germans had  high moral 
standards--" is more or less equivalent to "If only the poor had a good 
work ethic".)   Instead of asking questions like the one above, I think 
it's much more enlightening to ask, as Nietzsche did: How does moral 
discourse reinforce power relations? 

Miles