The core political strength of capitalism is expressed in the proverb used by JKF in his Inaugural and which too many (who might otherwise be leftists) believe: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Anyone who believes that applies to left politics can never be a useful activist. And without more activists there will be No Left to deliver a message to the mass of workers. And without anyone to deliver it the content of a message is sort of irrelevant.
Carrol
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]
> On Behalf Of Arthur Maisel
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:42 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Why the Left Can't Inspire
>
> The blog seems like a left analysis (one of long standing) and distinctly
> non-libertarian. It's mainly the ego-driven style ("the key point I want
to
> hammer into people"---ouch---and "I previously covered these topics in two
> popular posts") that makes it sound libertarian. Yet presumably the
blogger
> and the many commenters who seem to agree would not like to be called
> leftists (there is only one commenter as far as I read, Buckaroo Banzai,
> who sounds like a real libertarian).
>
> Why the left can't inspire, yes, but even more, why it can't even get
> credit for its own ideas is definitely a question that needs to be
answered.
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:35 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > 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 ?
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