Jim Devine:
BTW, I'm not against talking about tactics or strategy. I just think that a total rejection of more fundamental issues is a mistake, so that a restriction of discussion to only tactics, strategy, propaganda, and the like is a major mistake.The problem is that you are trying to set me up as a villain when you frame the discussion as one over whether one is for or against democratic socialism or "socialism from below". How stupid do you think I am? I admit I am pretty stupid when it comes to many things, but on something like this I am quite shrewd. This is essentially a black-white presentation of the two sides, with "socialism from below" being the road to salvation and the opposite side taking you straight to hell. It reminds me of high school debate club when the teacher would arbitrarily assign topics to students. "Louis, you will make the case for slavery. Sally, you will defend Lincoln's point of view."
We are not in high school now.
Louis Proyect, Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org
