[lbo-talk] WA Corporate Consultant Speaks

[Wojtek S]

I am not sure why you posted this drivel - this is basically blah blah
blah of some academic shyster (ah, that discreet appeal of a
three-fold classification of everything) telling his corporate clients
that they are in charge in a lingo that they can understand, which is
what they want to hear.  If you impute that  this is a proof how the
so called real word operates - I am sorry, but you apparently cannot
tell shit from shinola.

Wojtek

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> Activists fall into three basic categories: radicals, idealists, and
> realists. The first step is to isolate and marginalize the radicals. They're
> the ones who see inherent structural problems that need remedying if indeed
> a particular change is to occur. To isolate them, try to create the
> perception in the public mind that people advocating fundamental solutions
> are terrorists, extremists, fear mongers, outsiders, communists, or
> whatever. . . . The goal is to sour the idealists on the idea of working
> with the radicals. Instead get them working with the realists. Realists are
> people who want reform but don't really want to upset the status quo."
> -Consultant speaking to corporate executives, (quoted in Kim Bobo, Steve
> Max, and Jackie Kendall, Organizing for Social Change, 2001)
>
> Quoted in Morgan, Chapter 7, "System Response: Generational Hype and
> Political Backlash"
>
> Carrp;
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