[lbo-talk] Why the Left Can't Inspire

JOANNA A. 123hop at comcast.net
Wed Jul 17 12:35:07 PDT 2013


I think it's racism (under capitalism). A social safety net would hold up blacks and whites alike. And for some, that's intolerable.

Joanna

----- Original Message ----- If the recent depression in advanced economies -- especially in Europe -- weren't evidence enough of the quasi-irrelevance of left wing thought (given the material circumstances, in a 'rational world', revolutionary situations would be afoot) the fact that the following screed on a libertarian blog will almost certainly impact more people than on a leftist one, although the content could be almost verbatim, is sufficient to give serious thought as to why no one pays attention to the left

Foodstamps Are Corporate Welfare

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-17/foodstamps-are-corporate-welfare

Is Chomsky right -- did Stalin do such irreparable harm to the prestige of socialist thought, that we are still suffering from its consequences ? ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk



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