Re: [Pen-l] Tim Unwise

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carrol Cox wrote:
>> What pisses us off about Obama's pseudo-movement is that it drains off
>> resources from that constant low-level activity which is so necessary as
>> the condition for any movement when it does start.

Tom Walker:
> A lump-of-movement fallacy?

I haven't the slightest idea what Tom is saying here.

But it's possible that Obama's candidacy didn't simply drain off
resources. It could have actually gotten new people involved in
politics. (Similarly, Nader's run in 2000 didn't simply drain off
votes from Gore. It also brought in new voters.) The problem with the
new people, I'm afraid, is that their movement is atomized, overly
dominated by the DP, and a flash in the pan.
-- 
Jim Devine /  "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange
days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL.
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