The point is that the stooges of capitalism relentlessly hammered the point that private is beautiful and now everyone, even liberals, believe it even though it is utter nonsense in some situations. So you either do the same and hammer the point that private sucks, or you become irrelevant. Rational arguments will not give you any traction here.
Capitalist propaganda is winning, because they are not afraid making the most idiotic and preposterous clams, knowing that their opponents will swallow the bait and try to reason against them - which only increases the circulation of that bullshit. A lie repeated thousands of time becomes received wisdom. So instead of debunking what Sarah Palins, Glen Becks and Rush Limbaughs babble, a better strategy in my opinion is to ignore them and keep making anti-capitalist claims (justified or not.)
Public discourse is an oxymoron - the only thing that matters is who shouts louder. Arguing with right wing demagoguery is a waste of time - and on this point I am 100% with Carrol. The only way to counter them is to let Comrade Mauser talk, figuratively speaking.
Wojtek
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com> wrote:
> As much as I believe that public goods are better provided publicly, I
> can think of another factor that might explain why an airport in
> Helskinki is better equipped to handle snow than one in London.
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> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12042213
> >
> > Privately owned Heathrow airport is paralyzed by snow, while publicly
> owned
> > Helsinki airport remains open despite heavy snow fall.
> >
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