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On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:26 AM, brad bauerly <bbaue...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greg- I can not begin to unravel what that guy was posting on FB. The > only thing I can say is that he makes a reference to his business, > which probably means he is bourgeois or PB. So fuck him. My point exactly. And why pretend? He's PB. Which raises the point re. class composition of the Teabaggers. If many or even most are white people in precarious middle class economic situations, you can bet any amount of money they will be dragged kicking and screaming in protest of becoming working class. And they will lash out at the most absurd scapegoats imaginable, rather than challenging the overall system. This is because their class position has made them individualistic and greedy, with predilections toward racist diatribes. There you have it--the three poisons of Buddhism all in one: greed, hatred, and delusion. I posted the Chomsky vid in deference to Mark and his talk it out strategy. I think it is useful for helping to rescue a few folks here and there from the clutches of nativism and fascism, but most people's irrational emotions tend to override clear thinking, especially when they are already prone to being in denial in the first place. Greg ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
