[lbo-talk] life after newspapers

[wrobert at uci.edu]

I would be curious as to how you reached these conclusions from Miles'
arguments.  I personally don't see how you could reach these conclusions,
especially in regards to the second argument.  robert wood
>
> I don't think that's the problem with Miles' position. Miles' position
> actually has two problems.
>
> 1. It is unable to provide any reason for prefering one form of social
> organization to another.
>
> 2. It seems to have leapt from the observation that the ruling ideas of an
> era are those of the ruling class to the assumption that the ONLY ideas of
> an era are those of the ruling class. Society seems to be totally
> ideologically monolithic. So because for instance since the ruling strata
> using Christian ideas in one way, it is impossible for other parts of the
> society to interpret Christian ideas in a different that undermines the
> position of the ruling strata (cf. civil rights movement).
>