Pat, pat, pat on the shoulder, MIM...

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Pat4MIM wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Oct 1995, Jim Jaszewski wrote:
>>   _Think_ about it.  Name *ANY* sphere of Comrade Joe's
>> `accomplishments' -- COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP would've been VASTLY
>> superior -- obvious _especially_ given 20/20 retrospect..!!
>Pat for MIM replies: I'm not going to get into the many obvious
>specific achievements of Joe until you give me a name or names. I'm
>not going to take responsibility for reality while you get
>off defending an idea, so give up that strategy.
Pat,
 The focus on leaders as individuals is *yours* - as in *your* problem.
*Do* think about it. When asking Jim to specify the individuals in his
"collective leadership", you are assuming that every individual in it
is crucial to its accomplishments. Is it not this dependence on the
individual that a collective leadership, as a opposed to your dictatorship,
does not have? The way I understand it, this is no coincidence. It is part
of the whole idea. You don't even have to be a leftist to agree with it.
Otto
PS=20


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