petty bourgeois ultra left infantile disorder

["Tahir Wood" <twood@xxxxxxxxx>]

CB: Lenin did subtitle _Leftwing Communism_  "an infantile disorder".
There
is no "psychoanalysis" in the book that I recall, but I always thought
that
was a sort of half humorous and polite way of saying "you all act
crazy".

Tahir: Yes radical abstention from bourgeois parliamentary politics is
really a worrying form of psychosis, isn't it?

Given that the phenomenon of the current day ,similar folks does seem
immature often, Lenin might have had a psychoanalytic insight on this.

Tahir: No I'm afraid he had other purposes in writing that appalling
pamphlet.

 This
means that this type will proabably always be part of the radical mix.

Tahir: You bet, and maybe more than you'll want.

 Hell,
I'm sure there's some petit bourgeois, ultra-leftism in me. So, we
might as
well figure out a general method of damage control , both in the
movement and in ourselves. It really is not surprising that a certain
percentage of every
generation alienated by capitalism , and then aware, and then angered
by the shock of their awareness of how much they and others are being
screwed, would go a little nuts about it, overdo it, act out a somewhat
distorted Marxism or other radical anti-capitalist ideology. As I say, I
know I have.

Tahir: Yes we all know what an utter distortion of Marx radical
anti-capitalism really is, don't we? But hey times have changed, judging
from your remarks, Charles. If this were the '20s you would have us all
in jail, instead of just giving us the benefit of your paternalistic
good nature.