[lbo-talk] NYT says economic privatization is one of the building blocks of democratic societies

[Carrol Cox]

The metaphor of "building blocks," like that of "steps," is a fallacy grounded in the Doctrine of Progress! Clear left thought requires  on getting rid of this 19th-c myth.

Carrol


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> On Behalf Of Fernando Cassia
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:19 AM
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] NYT says economic privatization is one of the building
> blocks of democratic societies
> 
> (..and that democracy can wait, too...)
> 
> "Incremental change produces more durable results; liberal democracies
> must
> be constructed from the ground up. Constitutional constraints, judicial
> reform, political parties, ***economic privatization*** — these _building
> blocks of democratic societies_ need time to take root"
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/opinion/democracy-in-egypt-can-
> wait.html?_r=0
> 
> FC
> --
> During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary
> act
> Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto
> Revolucionario
> - George Orwell
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