[lbo-talk] I agree with this Weekly Standard editor...

Julio Huato juliohuato at gmail.com
Wed Dec 8 14:39:42 PST 2010


Doug wrote:


> Another old quote from Stuart Hall: "Politics does not reflect majorities, it constructs them."

This is excellent. It emphasizes the active subjective element. But we need to add a dash of Carrolian stick bending here: It is true, but the construction of majorities is constrained by the existing historical conditions -- inter alia by the pre-existing deep-rooted ideological biases of the majorities. In this sense (not passive but active and dynamic sense, not of adapting but of reshaping), politics does reflect majorities.



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