[lbo-talk] Capitalism is not a conspiracy

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Sep 24 19:29:38 PDT 2011


On Sep 24, 2011, at 10:18 PM, Angelus Novus wrote:


>> Or, you're guilty of perpetuating capitalism
>
> No no no, let's leave "guilt" and other moralistic crap out of it. People have to get by in this world. It's not their fault that they are born into pre-existing social forms. People aren't even aware most of the time that they are recreating those forms on a daily basis.

Sure they are. But what choice do they have?

I do see more than a hint of guilt-tripping in this aphorism. I don't approve of it.

Doug



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