Re: Welcoming Stan Goff Out of Marxism

[Doyle Saylor <doylesaylor@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings Economists,
On Dec 3, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:

> Freedom Road branch, which is a particularly cultlike formation -
> Maoist in the midst of the imperial center, and semi-secretive about
> membership. It would drive a sane person insane, no?

Doyle;
Insane is like a box of chocolates, some forms of insane are depressed,
and others are defuse losses of cognition like alzheimers, and others
are not well known what is happening like schizophrenia.  So for
example, if Freedom Road did something abusive which is what you really
mean, that caused mental issues, what sort of remedy do you suggest?

That possible solution is a bit beyond anything I've seen you say.  It
would be like saying, a given organization bans x types of social
connections because the organization 'knows' that will cause insanity.
Which I think is a fair requirement of organizations because abusive
behavior is that common conception like the organization might use
torture to get confessions for example,  but how many organizations
willingly give up their prerogatives to prevent insanity?  Most prefer
to exclude the insane and pretend they are not going to harm their
members.
Doyle