[lbo-talk] What government spending?

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Oct 11 12:25:24 PDT 2010


If, with Luxemburg, one rjects completely the Mythology of Progress (of a journey of a thousand miles starting with a single step), then there is no real difference between the bamboozlement of Americans and the bamboozlement of the residents of any other core capitalist nation. Real or alleged differences are politically insignificant. It is therefore a serious mistake for U.S. anti-capitalists to pay any attention at all to the weaknesses or stupidities of Americans. The only relevant data conerns that proportion (whether one-halkf of one per ent or 5 percent who might be reached by a mass movement on a given issue at a given time. Whinings, wailings, sneers, etc at the stupidity or reactionary opinions of Americans is mere self-indulgence in the superiority of one's own perceptions.

Carrol



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