Doug wrote: > Julio, I'm really confused. I'm describing the world we all live in; you're > describing some very desirable fantasy world.
Doug, I believe I'm also talking about the world we live in. I am sure you've read the phrase "The Illusion of the Epoch." (See Marx, German Ideology, 1845.) Illusions about what is permanent in society -- and what is not -- are, indeed, part of the social order. They are part of the reason why the social order sticks. As Marx wrote to Kugelmann (July 11, 1868), and I'm quoting by heart: "When the inner connections have been identified, all theoretical belief in the perpetual necessity of the existing conditions collapses, even before the conditions collapse in practice. It is in the interest of the ruling classes to perpetuate the confusion. The role of the vulgar economist is to make us believe that we don't need to think beyond the appearance of things." _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
