[Marxism] RE SWP post-election analysis

[Ilyenkova@xxxxxxx]

>The Bell Curve is a book by Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein [sic] 
that was released in 1994. Its publication caused a scandal in the 
bourgeoisie. The reason for the scandal? In the debate around the book, 
both supporters and critics, liberals and conservatives alike, were 
forced to acknowledge that capitalist society necessitates maintaining a 
class hierarchyâwhich is a product of social relations, not a biological 
factâthat permanently denies equality to the majority of human beings, 
those who work for living.<

I guess I should've read the book and not just the reviews. I thought it was 
about race. 

I never read the Militant. But I checked out this article and found some 
bizarre stuff esp the 'Bell Curve' reference. On the other hand, I thought it 
made 
some solid points re the role played of cultural elitism and virulent 
anti-working class attitudes by traumatized liberals in rationalizing the 
Democratic 
debacle. I've certainly had my fill of this since the election.
The author makes a cogent argument (absent the Bell Curve nonsense) as to why 
workers, small farmers, and even the marginalized working poor would vote for 
Bush for reasons other than 'stupidity', cultural deprivation, and religious 
fundamentalism.

However, the Militant goes farther than this it seems and infers there was 
more than a 'dime's worth of difference' between Bush and Kerry. And that Bush 
was preferable to the snotty, arrogant smartass Kerry. On purely academic 
grounds this might be arguable. But the SWP isn't an academic outfit, so for 
the 
record did it lean towards Bush as the 'lesser evil'? Or, after the election is 
it now tilting to the Bush constituency-- Like, will SWPers be attending 
NASCAR rallies now? Uh-Oh! Is this my latent Boston anti-working class elitism 
showing?
Ilyenkova
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