>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/02/03 8:34 AM >>> One of the titles of a chapter in Michael Moore's new book is "Death to Horatio Alger." His premise is that just the dream of someday becoming rich undermines class solidarity. It really is the all-American dream, the "rags-to-riches" story. Troy
"Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>ravi: >>>> michael moore when asked about his multi-million >>>>dollar new york apartment responded that his blue->>>>collar ex-neighbours (in clint michigan) would be proud and happy for him. perhaps. >>>me: >>>On the Left, it used to be said that "nothing is >>>too good for the working class." This applied to >>>folks who had escaped that class, too. Absent an >>>immediate revolution, who wouldn't want to escape? >>Carrol: >>Yes and no. There was a phrase among british workers, "bloody jump-ups." >yup. the (partial) escape from the working class also >tends to undermine working-class solidarity (and this >isn't the only case where individual interest >conflicts with class interest). Somewhere in CAPITAL >vol. III, Marx writes how capitalism is >stabilized if it can recruit the best & the brightest >from the working class into its fold. >Jim <<<<<>>>>> the working class can kiss my ass, i've got the foreman's job at last... michael hoover
