[lbo-talk] Socialist Francois Hollande wins French presidency

[shag carpet bomb]

At 04:00 PM 5/6/2012, Carrol Cox wrote:
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>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17975660
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>[WS:] As expected, but still made my day. --
>Wojtek
>
>"Modern conservatism is just a neoliberal gloss on medieval domination."
>
>Let me see if I understand this. We have in Hollande t the neoliberal text;
>and we have in Sarkozy a medieval gloss on that text?
>
>In which case, Sarkozy (and his u.s. equivalents) is a mere distraction from
>the real enemy, neoliberalism (or neoliberalism straight as one might say),
>that enemy being represented by Obama & other U.S. equivalents of Hollande?
>
>Carrol

I actually think the more interesting thing about this quote is that it 
reveals what I find puzzling (problematic?) about the author's view of 
contemporary social life: basically, that he has zero familiarity with any 
analysis of oppression and domination that emerged 1960s or later.  IN your 
terms, Carrol, the author is oblivious to the analysis of time and 
capitalist domination in Postone's Time, Labor, and Social Domination.