[lbo-talk] Austerity

[Carrol Cox]

Further on conversation with those of no political interest. (Political
interest means they are possible recruits to activism -- i.e., already agree
with you on one or two or more specific issues.) Chou used to tell visitors
what he thought was a very amusing story. One day at the Geneva Conference
(to end the First Vietnam War), Chou was the earliest arrival to the
conference room. The second arrival was John Foster Dulles. Chou greeted him
genially. John Foster Dulles turned away without responding. Chou thought it
a great joke that someone made his politics interfere with simple social
courtesy and interchange.

Quit worrying about your reactionary genius. Enjoy him in other ways than
politics.

This, incidentally, is what I would call a political perspective. One
ignores the topic of politics except in relation to people who can (because
of _some_ prior areas of agreement (war, supporting teachers; rights of
migrants; whatever) can  be moved to some political activity (signing a
petition; contributing money to sending a person to the April 9 demo, what
have you). It's hard on your blood pressure and doesn't change anything to
worry about those (majority now) who support the enemy passively (by voting,
etc).

Carrol

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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Austerity

On 1/2/2011 11:40 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> I am working on these issues: I do a certain amount of propagandizing,
planning, and organizing in Oakland Public School system.
>
> So, when a man with the IQ of a genius tells me that teachers and bankers
are both greedy, this is evidence of what?
>
> Joanna
>

That IQ is a poor measure of intelligence!

Miles
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