>> Okay. So liberals move to the left in times of turmoil because the
>> corporate elite telegraphs to them that now is the time for prudent
>> concessions and the liberals heed their instructions. That means the
>> corporate elite in 1969 thought prudent concessions included immediate
>> capitulation in Vietnam and legally guaranteed full employment?
> A good many of them did
I guess I never realized that in 1969 the corporate elite was to the left of Hubert Humphrey, maneuvering behind the scenes to push the ADA closer to the Socialist Party. Those must have been wacky times. Is that where the expression "far out" came from?
> I actually knew one or two. They
> were *scared*. One guy literally kept a helicopter on
> the roof of his office tower because he really believed that
> the canaille might come surging through the door any minute.
These sound like Fox News viewers avant la lettre.
SA