Re: Forwarded from Anthony (NYT)

["lvnadal" <lvnadal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

: "David Quarter"
>
>The
> main thing is that we should tone down the rhethoric and stop the
> finger pointing -- for example, get rid of the cliches (ie., "class
> collaborator", "false consciousness", "petty bourgeois" ), stop the
> divisive interventions, communicate in language acessible to
> average citizens (i.e., workers, students, small business
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But there is no rhetoric and no finger-pointing.  Look at this very
discussion on Marxmail.  No rhetoric, no accusations, no waving of bloody
shirts, flags, etc.  but rather  a cogently argued, detailed, substantive
argument about where and how we go forward from here.

Also, my assessment of the "ripeness" of the US for more "radical"
articulations is very different from yours. All three branches of the govt
have proven themselves nothing other than fronts for the looting of the
public and the preservation of the most private of private properties.

The economy is going to go deeper into the tank than it has in the last 50
years, thieves, criminals, and extortionists lead the parades of patriots,
and we think the public aren't ready?  More than ready.  They will only
listen to something that speaks the truth without equivocation.