RE: [Marxism] Marxism and Conspiracy

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> First, I never even remotely suggested that the man knew about the 
> attacks in advance.  Nobody I have ever heard talk about this 
> subject has ever suggested such a thing.  Why did you go there?

You have lost me. If Larry Silverstein gave the orders to bring down 
WTC 7 with explosives, how did he get them in there? I assume that he 
didn't call up the local demolitions experts after the Twin Towers 
had been hit by the jets. So if the order went out for several tons 
of TNT, it had to be before 9/11.

>  Second, if somebody had a rational reason to believe that he did 
> know in advance, it wouldn't be ludicrous.  It would be a question 
> that would need an answer.  I don't fear questions and 
> answers.  Copernicus' notions of the structure of the solar system 
> were ludicrous to virtually everybody.

What could that rational reason be other than being part of a vast 
conspiracy of Arab CIA agents pretending to be jihadists with a love 
so deep for American imperialism that they gave up their lives to 
help George W. Bush go to war against the Taliban? A Taliban that the 
FT described as being favored by the oil companies as the only power 
that could insure that a pipeline could be built between Pakistan and 
Turkmenistan?

> As for politics, everything about this discussion is political, but 
> some of it in a oddly warped way considering the context.  All I'm 
> saying is that we shouldn't ridicule people who ask obvious 
> questions.  It just alienates them.  It makes us look hateful and 
> closeminded or worse.  You sure don't ease their concerns by giving 
> them the runaround or speaking on subjects you haven't bothered to look into.

I am not interested in a dialogue with the people who made "Loose 
Change", etc. Over the years I have learned to how to draw closer to 
people moving in my own direction and to battle with those who are 
creating obstacles for the Marxist left. In the latter camp, I would 
include the Black Block, hardened ABB ideologists, etc. Politics is 
fundamentally about deciding who is a friend and who is an adversary. 


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