[lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland's imminent implosion and the wider effects

// ravi ravi at platosbeard.org
Sat Nov 5 19:06:12 PDT 2011


On Nov 5, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> Regardless, this whole analysis seems out of touch. The property destruction
> * was* trivial. Yes, the moment needs self-policing. Yes, tactically
> attacks on property are counterproductive. But I don't have any tears for
> Whole Food windows or "local and independent businesses."

But why “out of touch”? That this is tactically a bad thing, not an issue of shedding tears for Whole Foods etc, is pretty much the bulk of the analysis thus far. No?

—ravi



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