[lbo-talk] Fwd: Noam goes with Barry ?

[Carrol Cox]

There is no need for an untapped source of radicals. There are more than
enough to start and maintain a powerful radical movement. But so far they
remain passive. Passivity (indifference, whether they are voters or
non-voters) is what has to be overcome. Changing opinions can wait. Opinion
simply is not relevant in the absence of a  strongly visible mass movement.

Carrol

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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Fwd: Noam goes with Barry ?

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Nonvoters are not all that different from voters, according to a 2010
survey from Pew. More liberal, but also more satisfied with things in the
U.S., and with a higher approval rating for Obama. Also more likely to
support Obamacare than voters. They're just detached.
>
>
 http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1786/who-are-nonvoters-less-republican-educated
-younger
>
> There's really no untapped vein of significant radical opinion out there,
I'm afraid.

But that's not the point. The point is that they didn't vote. Not sure
translating electoral refusal into fictional electoral results makes a
lot of sense.

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