[Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

2009-01-07 Thread Charles Brown
Jim Devine wrote: but even FDR's Bonapartism was not very good in the early New Deal. The NRA, for example. Needed was mass pressure from the left. Lou Pro: Sad but true. With the left so weak, there is even less incentive for Obama to move boldly. If he has any motivation to create a kind of

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

2009-01-07 Thread Shane Mage
On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman launch? How many political opponents did he send to labor camps? How many did he imprison in mental hospitals? Was Krugman a Stalinist? Shane Mage

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

2009-01-07 Thread Charles Brown
Shane Mage On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman launch? How many political opponents did he send to labor camps? How many did he imprison in mental hospitals? Was Krugman a

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

2009-01-07 Thread Shane Mage
On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Shane Mage On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman launch? How many political opponents did he send to labor camps? How many did he imprison

[Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

2009-01-07 Thread Charles Brown
Shane Mage shm...@pipeline.com 01/07/2009 2:26 PM On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Shane Mage On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman launch? How many political opponents

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

2009-01-07 Thread Shane Mage
On Jan 7, 2009, at 6:33 PM, waistli...@aol.com wrote: I am one of those persons who once wore the mantel of Stalinism with pride. However, this tells no one of who I am or my body of politics or belief system. I tend to avoid such sloganeering and throwing Stalinism or Trotskyism at an

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

2009-01-07 Thread CeJ
You seem not to notice that the individual at whom I threw the brand Stalinist wasBrezhnev. Hey call me a Stalinist if you want, I couldn't give a toss, really--just don't call me a Krugmanite. I think the point to be made here though is we need more than Krugman to critique the evolution