[lbo-talk] The role of social media in the Egyptian uprising

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Feb 12 08:20:41 PST 2011


On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:57 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> So this thread has glided down to consideration of "meaningful
> relationships" among the abstract -- isolated -- individuals of bourgeois
> societies.

Carrol, you often say that movements are generated through personal contact, not mediated stuff. You may object to the phrasing, but the idea is the same: solidarities generated through contact and common experience. Electronic relationships are usually more tenuous than that.

Doug



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