On 11/22/2010 3:12 PM, Michael Meeropol wrote: > If the economy improves enough to help him win re-election there > will be two good things to be grateful for -- 1) The suffering of > those who have borne the brunt of this recession will be somewhat > mitigated. > 2) The tide of fascism will have be (briefly?) interrupted.
I can't understand this preoccupation with fascism. What threat to capitalist rule is it intended to stave off? Rachel Maddow? > > [who knows we might see Scalia or Thomas or Kennedy replaced by a > "moderate"...] God knows we might never expect a brazen liberal. > > I am serious about the latter point. I wonder how many Penners > have thought about whether fascism is a clear and present danger. Only those from a certain ideological tradition, I suspect. > > The Tea Party people have many different views but they have been > channeled towards the WORST possible kinds of elected > representatives and the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling has > opened the door to naked corporate control of the political agenda. God save us from such riff-raff. Between us humble workers and the fascist mob stands the enlightened wing of the bourgeoisie at Goldman-Sachs. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
