> On 11/23/09, Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> My point went beyond vocabulary. Criticism of the university as a
>> bastion of bourgeois/capitalist/alienated (take your pick) culture
>> is
>> a colossal navel-gazing waste of time.
>
> So bitching about the factory as a bastion
> bourgeois/capitalist/alienated culture is also a colossal navel-gazing
> waste of time? I know, the factory and the university are not the same
> thing. But I think what most of the protesters and their communiques
> are saying is that they are a lot closer to being the same thing than
> they were in the past; the university is more closely tied up with the
> reproduction of capital. I'd say their evidence -- rehearsed here and
> elsewhere, so I won't repeat -- is pretty compelling. I think to make
> the assertion you make, that it's a suspension of and autonomous from
> real life, you would need to make arguments against their arguments.
> Do you really think the site of struggle is neutral?
>
> As for the "privilege" stuff, I think that's just silly.
not that i disagree or anything, but srsly?
the correct response was to name one of your turds max's criticisms and then <flush> waving bye as you watched it swirl away.
shag
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