On 2014-03-14, at 6:23 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Marv Gandall: " For example, social safety nets need to be strengthened > before subsidies on items such as food and fuel are removed . . . ." > > What a lovely dream, Marv.
Summers comment, not mine, Carrol. Summers is no dreamer. > Also, what significance, if any, does the opinion of u.s. leftists on the > Ukraine have? It seems to me that arguing the point is merely a flight from > the desperate straits of the u.s. working class -- and the inability of > radicals to move even fractions of that class to action. There's a > dream-like quality to heavy debates on matters on which the debaters cannot > have any impact. It's like debating whether the Athenians used the right > policies in their reactions to Alexander's Macedonia. Which is why I've always wondered about your regular participation on these online chat groups for so many years. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
