The second line was meant to be ironic.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Eubulides <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/13/2013 7:15 PM, Perelman, Michael wrote: > > > > Not off the table at all. Real reforms can help to create a belief that > anti-capitalists can accomplish something. Marx supported unions even > though he knew that the could never win any ultimate victories, but the > hopeless battles could create a sense of solidarity that could help the > cause succeed. > > >> I agree with Tom. Limited victories on matters such as the working > >> day and other reforms can provide fuel for organizing. Or are we > >> supposed to wait for everybody to get screwed over so much that they > >> all rise up in unison & create a socialist utopia overnight. > > ============== > > I was responding to the second sentence in your post, which seemed to > play on yet another variation of the trope of the big bang approach to > social change; the mirror image of the capitalist fantasy in the wake of > the implosion of the USSR. > > E. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com
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