Although the same neo-liberal forces are at play everywhere, the conditions in the core EU countries are really much better than in the U.S.
AN might be right in drawing our attention to the fact that these conditions are under direct attack in the EU. But he really doesn't seem to understand how utterly wretched life is for most in the U.S....and about to deteriorate further.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Beck" <ersatzdog at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:06:57 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] European Welfare State
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> but it would be nice for a moment of you contemplated what life in the USA is like.
This is very strange requirement, one you make of AN every time this comes up. Why does he need to contemplate life in the US when the discussion is about Germany? It's very odd. It's like the US is the norm/ideal and nations are to be measured by their degree of deviation from it. I'm tempted to think it's a form of leftist US exceptionalism, but that doesn't seem like you. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk