[lbo-talk] Obama

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 29 04:07:38 PDT 2011



> On 7/28/11 10:49 PM, // ravi wrote:
>>
>> CB and Julio think the rest of us have mental blinders and that Obama
>> mobilised black youth, wayward kangaroos and travelling wilburys, and
>> they remain engaged to date, ergo Obama is not our enemy

I don't get this argument about the centrality of Obama mobilizing black youth. It's indisputable that Ross Perot mobilized the white working class - does that mean he was a positive force? Mobilizing some subaltern group seems worthwhile only if it's behind a decent political program. If it's just a mobilization for some crappy politician, then it's not worthwhile. In fact, it could actually be harmful.

SA



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