Re: Re: Re: Aux armes citoyens! (was A slightadvantage of poverty)

[Brad DeLong]

>Yes, of course, because it does not come from a demonized as
>Fascistic semicolonial people that had the guts to confront the
>American imperialists for decades, but from another imperialist
>country. If it is French, thus "civilized", it makes Brad feel
>creepy. If it is Argentinian, that is "barbarious" it makes feel
>disgusted.

Intellectual foul.

What makes the Marseillaise "creepy" rather than "barbarous" is that 
it spends more lines making it very clear what the stakes 
are--liberty vs. tyranny--than it does calling for blood.

It has nothing to do with the fact that Argentina is a 
"non-imperialist country."


Brad DeLong