Abstractions like peace, bread, and land? On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Julio Huato writes: "As a rule, a mass of people divided under the > pressures of day-to-day capitalist life won't struggle for or against > abstractions. People struggle to meet concrete needs, as they perceive > them > in the given context. This is the paradox: Socialists are not the dog, but > the tail. It is when they understand this well that they become an > effective leading force. It is only then that the tail gets to wag the dog > -- and under exceptional (yet decisive) circumstances." > > I think Andre Gorz answered this long ago. I can't get my head around all > the relevant parameters now, but I don't think this statement should be > left > unchallenged. > > Real struggle has always been about abstractions. Never about so-called > "concrete needs." > > Carrol > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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