[Marxism] Thomas Frank on the latest Obama flap

["Charles Brown" <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi Eli

I thin it is interesting how Obama, for whatever reason, is violating
key
taboos.  He has talked about race in an amazingly open way for a
bourgeois
politician and now he is actually approaching the question of class
politics
and the hidden injuries of class.  That is of course the No-No of all
No-Nos.

regards

Gary

^^^^
Gary,

This is a perceptive observation from afar.

This is exactly why so many are trying to twist the latest comments
into a sign that he is an "elitist"  . Of course, it is the opposite.
The tone  and purpose of O's statement was sympathetic to these victims
of the capitalist system. Somehow I have a sneaking suspicion that O
does _know_ that it is a systemic problem.  That's why several of the
establishment commentators attacked his statement as Marxist. O is not
that dense or ignorant of the main theories of society. He certainly was
not blaming the victims of economic devastation as individuals
responsible for their own plight. What other theory is left for him to
think _but_ a theory that there are systemic problems ?

Charles



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