To avoid over-posting, I conclude by directing all to this post of yours. There it is.
dms ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jurriaan Bendien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:42 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] demo fervor > > What are you talking about? Greenspan's positions of responsibility is to > > his class, the bourgeoisie. I would not be in that position. > > Then who would you prefer to be in his position ? > > Chairman of > > the FRB is not a "class neutral" position. He is the bankers' banker. > > Agreed. > > > Civility? What exactly is uncivil about calling a bourgeois scam artist > and > > ideologue exactly that? > > Because in civil society in the Marxian sense, if somebody is an ideologue > or bourgeois scam artist, we say that s/he is on the basis of demonstrable > evidence, and the burden of proof is on the accuser. Indeed Ernest Mandel > wrote once, real Marxists do not "accuse", they "prove" their case. All > human moral conduct presumes some kind of "no harm" policy which, > positively, could be stated "do unto others as you would have them do unto > you" or negatively, "do not do unto others what you would not like them to > do unto you". An implication of this type of reasoning is, "take care in > your judgements and partisanship, it may be better not to judge, lest you be > judged alike", and we have to live with the consequences of our actions and > utterances. On the basis of this idea, consistent and predictable behaviour > is possible, as well as a wellformed human personality. If you start > demonising, disparaging and writing off government people not simply because > of what they do but who they are, then you also have to live with the > consequences of that. > > > > Do you actual believe that there is some "supra-class" component of being > > chairman of the FRB? > > Yes, absolutely. Karl Marx has no special epistemic privilege or advantage > over Al Greenspan, purely for being Karl Marx. > > Jurriaan >
