On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> What Buckley wanted to stop was an illusory train rushing towards
socialism.
> What Benjamin wanted to stop was a very real train heading deeper and
deeper
> into barbarism. (Note: I don't say "towards" barbarism: we have it
already.)
Oh please. The world is more barbaric now than it was during the days of slavery, Indian genocide, colonialism, early industrialization, mass slaughter in two world wars, Auschwitz, etc.? This is a kind of grandiose narcissism, this lust to be The Worst.
And, really, when did the left turn against change and become nostalgic? What a losing proposition.
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