From: GERALD LEVY (gerald_a_levy@msn.com)
Date: Sun Aug 10 2008 - 23:57:05 EDT
Hi Dave Z and Dogan: I agree that this sounds like a _part_ of a narrative often given by Marxists but I also believe that it _by itself_ is not Marxist. Rather, it is a perspective which can (and has been) embraced by radicals from both the left (including many anarchists, btw) and right. In solidarity, Jerry Dogan asked: > WHAT IS MARXIST IN THIS? Dave Z wrote: I have a comment rather than a proper topic. I recently listened to a talk by Naomi Klein on her theory of "shock doctrine". The central argument rests on a quote by Milton Friedman: "Only a crisis --- actual or perceived -- - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. . . . Our basic function [is] to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them alive and available until the politically impossible" Doesn't this strike you as a very Marxist theory of crises and political action? _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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