Like *Richard Rorty*, I'm just a (cultured, intellectual) *bourgeoisie liberal*.
"While the Left’s back was turned, the bourgeoisification of the white proletariat which began in WWII and continued up through the Vietnam War has been halted, and the process has gone into reverse. America is now proletarianizing its bourgeoisie, and this process is likely to culminate in bottom-up revolt, of the sort [*fill in the blank*] hopes to foment." (Rorty, 1997) https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/9/14543938/donald-trump-richard-rorty-election-liberalism-conservatives @philipthrift On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 3:18:05 PM UTC-5, howardmarks wrote: > > I think the labels "fascist" or "liberal" of A. and B. are distortions. > There are lots of con-artists, blowhards, cultured and/or intellectual > people that have neither of those prejudicial labels. .... I don't identify > as either... > Cheers! HowardM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Thrift <[email protected]> <javascript:> > To: Everything List <[email protected]> <javascript:> > Sent: Sat, Jun 1, 2019 3:01 pm > Subject: Re: Trump Supporters? > > > > When America is presented a choice: > > A. con-artist, blowhard fascist > B. cultured, intellectual liberal > > A always has a chance of winning. > > @philipthrift > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/46c7e101-114f-4d5e-ae75-e3d41a9295d6%40googlegroups.com.
