Re: [Pen-l] Dying of Consumption

[ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:42 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
> me:
> > > In Chicago, where I'm from originally, people learned very quickly  
> > > to
> > > ignore what politicians _said_ and to pay attention to what they
> > > _did_. It doesn't really matter what Obama is "fundamentally
> > > sympathetic to" if he can't form coalitions to get behind them to
> > > counteract the forces that are against them.
>
> raghu now writes:
> > Or if popular pressure forces him to act.
>
> Right. Then what does it matter what Obama is "fundamentally
> sympathetic to"? (except, as Doug points out, he seems to be
> fundamentally sympathetic to capitalism.)


IMHO, I think there is a small but significant difference between  
capitalism and meritocracy (including a naiveté about meritocracy) --  
to be clear: I am introducing "meritocracy" into this equation (not  
putting it in JimD or raghu's mouths). I am doing so because I think  
that is what Obama is enamoured with (as far as his m.o goes) and that  
is what lies behind his surprising (for some of his followers) resort  
to old, and *credentialed* Clintonites.

	--ravi

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