[lbo-talk] In the American Grain

[shag carpet bomb]

totally agreed Bhaskar. i think what's often missing, for many who lean 
left (progressives) - katha pollit arguments on this list in the past come 
to mind -- is that, for whatever reason, they _do_ associate 
responsibility, hard work, and self-improvement with capitalism and 
implicitly see socialism/communism as anti-thetical to those values, as a 
priori a system that can never be compatible with those values, let alone 
foster them.

At 07:00 PM 4/17/2010, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
>http://theactivist.org/blog/in-the-american-grain
>
>*Continuing our exchange on the Tea Party Movement, here is an entry from
>reader Seth Ackerman.*
>
>Just in-case the mere mention of "Tea Party" isn't stimulating your
>gag-reflex by now*.... *needless to say I'm in agreement with the author,
>but I am quite sympathetic to the virtues of, "personal responsibility, hard
>work, and the ability of the individual to improve his or her own condition
>through their efforts." I'd rather try to show why these values
>are incompatible with capitalism.
>___________________________________
>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk

--
http://cleandraws.com
Wear Clean Draws
('coz there's 5 million ways to kill a CEO)