[lbo-talk] gore vidal is an old, cranky prick

[shag carpet bomb]

At 11:48 PM 10/30/2009, Chris Doss wrote:
>One problem with structuralism and some forms of Marxism is that they see 
>the world as a closed system that does not admit the possibility of 
>asteroids:). ("Asteroids" here meaning "stuff coming from outside the 
>system.").

that's really funny because that is exactly the theory Cox subscribes to: a 
version of punctuated equilibrium for social life.