Karl Carlile wrote,
>KARL: The kind of circus event is just one more of a multiplicity of
>events on the circus circuit. Basically they constitute no more than
>a means by which many of these lefty media stars promote themselves
>and thereby their pocket, their status and fame. Despite the
>thousands of books published by the marxology industry these
>marxilogists they are still unable to outline the character of the
>modern world and the correct political course to be followed.
We all know that Karl is right, but most of us probably shrug and console
ourselves with a resigned "but, there is no alternative!" There is an
alternative. The alternative involves exposing our personal lives and
'careers' to unacceptable risk. Like mystics, we are all able to assess the
riskiness of certain utterances or actions (quite apart from their legality
or physical danger) without admitting that we are even making such an
assessment.
"Scholarship" has been defined in North America as otherworldly, so
socialism is acceptable as a legitimate topic for scholars. But compare the
market for socialist scholarship with, say, the market for socialist _policy
analysis_. (And, yes, this is an oblique reference to discussions of "market
socialism" -- what about "markets _for_ socialism?"). One of the major,
unspoken problems of the left is that when lefties succeed they do so by
carving out an accommodating niche in the dominant ideology. The
accommodation goes both ways.
How many of us could deny that we or our colleagues routinely dismiss our
own best ideas as 'unworkable'? The greatest fear? That we'll be dismissed
as cranks.
Regards,
Tom Walker
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