Re: AUT: Fwd: The Gathering Storm?

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Well, I am sorry. The article isn't "marxiste"  - it's just stupid. Or are you
defending the idea there is something shocking about rich Englishmen, as
opposed to rich Americans, owning your home? Guess what. It's already happened.

My take on it was that the only conceivable reason it was brought to our
attention was that it demonstrated the world was falling apart.  Or was there
another reason? My point about this fascination with collapse and ruin is that
if we can't get people off the couch when things are running ok, don't expect
them to become committed revolutionaries when the Dow takes a nose dive.

I don't object to attempts to understand the economy. I spend most of my waking
life and a disturbing amount of my dreaming time thinking about it. It's hard
to escape it, you now, with my home country being in ruins and all.  But this
article was really off on a rather nasty tangent. I agree with whoever it was
that said it is antisemitical in form, if not content.


Thiago Oppermann


On 23/7/2002 7:25 PM, "Antagonism" <antagonism1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> T.O and Chris,
>
>> I am more worried about the "bad is good for us" take. If we
>> don't have a
>> positive program, we shouldn't wait for the end of the world
>> to makes us
>> popular. That's an admission of defeat.
>
> huh?? "The Gathering Storm" article wan't 'marxiste' as Chris
> puts it. Nor was it saying bad is good. It's saying that the
> economy is being manipulated by bad people who are ripping
> ordinary americans off. 'Foreigners may end up owning american's
> homes!!!' it bleats. Its saying bad is bad, and that's because
> bad people are doing bad things. My personal view of the article
> is that its shot through with reactionary populist rhetoric and
> that makes me suspicious of its analysis.
>
> T.O, you seem to think that trying to understand the economy and
> the crisis is itself a reactionary exercise, but then you also
> go on to complain about the economic crisis' bad effects.
>
> Chris, I'm surprised that you, who are into Bonefeld and
> Holloway, who've written whole books about money, want to shut
> these questions down with just an insult.
>
> I don't often post stuff to aut-op-sy, but when I do, I usually
> end up thinking "why do I bother?".
>
> ho hum
>
> Steve
>
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