Re: Re: Comparative collective action

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is much easier for people to believe that some "bad" individuals or
corporations do evil deeds than to understand systemic problems.

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:59:57AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
>
> I've never watched Oprah for more than a minute, but I've heard that we
> should thank our lucky stars that people watch it rather than the
> alternatives. Maybe there aren't any riots in California about the energy
> emergency (and what good would riots do?), but you'll be glad to know that
> most Californians do not see the "crisis" as "real" but as being due to
> manipulation of the market by Enron, et al. According to the L.A. TIMES
> poll, 74 percent of Californians agree that "independent power companies
> have manipulated the electricity market in California to make a higher
> profit." It's good to see them being smart for a change.
>
> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
>

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Michael Perelman
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