[lbo-talk] "Ruling Class" as Agent?????

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Dec 15 19:13:37 PST 2010


On Dec 15, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Dissenting Wren wrote:


> After
> years of trying, I still don't know how to bring their formless critique into
> connection with the notion that meaningful collective action is possible.

If they think everything is fucked and hopeless, and there's not much of an alternative on offer, why should they risk anything for no imaginable payoff? Who's going to go first? Just do your best to get by. It's a system that encourages cynical resignation. I feel it myself about 40 times a day.

Doug



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