[lbo-talk] My visit to the Wall Street occupiers

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Sep 28 04:41:43 PDT 2011


On Sep 28, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Michael Smith wrote:


> I loved 'em, of course.
>
> http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org/2011/09/the_kids_are_all_right.html

I see this in the previous entry:


> Well, the obvious analogy would be 'Obama must go', wouldn't it?
> Very disappointing responses, for the most part:
> > Well, the obvious analogy would be 'Obama must go', wouldn't it?
> To be replaced by the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
>
> Oh snap. That pretty much sums it up, really.

That was my response, and it was serious. You probably noticed that Mubarak went, to be replaced by the army. "Obama must go" - and what should come to take his place? You've probably noticed that the U.S. political apparatus is very unlikely to produce someone much different (and quite possibly someone worse). What then?

Doug



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