> I don't think that is weird. It is Lenin's point in Nascent Trends of
> Imperialist Economism. Thinking that you could act without reference to your
> situation would be like saying that you can find your way around Gaza with a
> map of New York. All political goals are framed with reference to the
> thinking of those that they are addressed to.
Blah blah. Look, I know that Trots, practicing and recovering, think the nation-state is as natural as rain and the base political unit, but I hope you won't be offended if others don't have such bad imaginations.