On 12/12/06, Mark Lause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes. Excellent example. We still use the same word ("marriage"), but it's
just not the same institution, is it? Or "the family"? The defined role of
the father, the mother, and the kiddies are all different than they once
were.
Religion, marriage, family, etc. have always been diverse, and they
have changed greatly, on the whole for the better in the USA, thanks
in part to past and present activism of people. But that doesn't
appear to have helped build an organized Left, just as past and
present activism in trade unions, the civil rights movement, anti-war
movements, etc. have not. In short, "mass work" has not led to a
formation of a mass left (or even a small but solidly organized left),
though leftists individually and collectively have left their marks on
American culture and society.
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