On 5/17/08, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marx's early Tribune articles on India, where he says things like this in > 1853 : > > "England, it is true, in causing a social revolution in Hindostan, was > actuated only by the vilest interests, and was stupid in her manner of > enforcing them. But that is not the question. The question is, can mankind > fulfil its destiny without a fundamental revolution in the social state of > Asia? If not, whatever may have been the crimes of England she was the > unconscious tool of history in bringing about that revolution." >
And such like reasoning could underpin the Iraq position of neo-cons and C. Hitchens. The answer to the question is: "Destiny? What's *destiny* got to do with it?" -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
