On Dec 6, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:36:53 -0500
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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>> But really. Why do you think Marx wrote all those damn books, few of them very easy reads?
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> And if the Left doesn't care about ideas -- why do we read 'em?
A lot of people don't, actually. I wish more did. One of the inspiring thing about the Occupy movement is that people do seem to be reading and talking.