maximalism

[Jim Devine]

was: Re: [PEN-L:9817] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Jon Corzine: Nation 
Magazine  contributor

Louis wrote:
>I am for radical organizing in the streets but advocate that all Senators
>be thrown in jail for crimes against humanity. All of 'em. Who was that
>woman in "Tale of Two Cities" that knitted a scarf with the names of all
>the aristocrats slated for the guillotine in it? Madame LaFarge! That's her
>name. That's the ticket.

the above is an example of what old socialists called "maximalism." How 
often has maximalism worked?

(NB: I'm not saying that minimalism works either. Some old Russian guy came 
to  kind of a "golden mean" between the two, referring to "transitional 
programs," while others talk about "non-reformist reforms.")

Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine