Broad left American pragmatism

[m-14970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Hugh Rodwell)]

Carrol's list of irrational people on the list:

Emotional       >    1. ANY MESSAGE THAT HAS ITS SUBJECT LINE IN ALL CAPS.
Trot            >    2. Malecki
Maoist          >    3. Rolf
Maoist          >    4. MIM
Trot            >    5. Hugh R (somewhat reluctantly, but as Louis has pointed
                >       out, Hugh has sent too many 200 line tautologies which
                >       can't be enacted in practice)
Maoist          >    6. "Ruby" (Gina): Hers are sometimes interesting, but I
                >       don't have the time to distinguish.
Emotional/Trot  >    7. Any post (even from friends) with "Malecki" in the
                >       subject line
Maoist          >    8. "harriette"
Maoist          >    9. Chris B. (At least until (i) he drops out of the
Maoist
                >       wars and (ii) he drops efforts to act as peacemaker
on
                >       the list. When he speaks for himself on concrete
topics
                >       he is a positive on the list.


Trot            >    10. Adam
Trot            >    11. Miller


Only 2 of 11 are Americans living in the US.


Underlying all this seems to be a pragmatic assumption that all the
principles have already been thrashed out and are there in a consensus, and
all that needs to be done is to get stuck in and carry out these ready-made
policies on a ready-made revolutionary agenda.

If only this was the case!

Cheers,

Hugh




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