Re: [Marxism] The shifting ruling class mainstream

["Mark Lause" <markalause@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dayne Goodwin <daynegoodwin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Oh, Obama is Black!
>
> Well, if i had known that...
>
> i wouldn't have cared that he is a mainstream bourgeois politician and was
> the shoo-in presidential candidate of the capitalist two-party system.
>
> i would have voted for him too.
>

And the predictable chorus line of straw men kick their way out of the
wings.....

Some of you are confounding.... (1) whether politically to support
Obama; and (2) an analysis of what his election means.

I would be surprised that otherwise intelligent folks can't understand
this different.

In this specific case, (1) Obama was not supportable on any level, as
far as I was conderned; and (2) the election of an African-American to
the presidency isn't the same thing as the election of a 44th old
white guy to the presidency.

I find it mind-numbing that people can't simply agree on that.  Don't
worry, there's plenty more shit over which we can argue
legitimately....

ML

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