Whitcomb on " freedom "

Having just read about his own little " freedom " dilemma

    in the Providence Phoenix, perhaps it is no accident that PROJO

    editorial page editor, Robert Whitcomb , has an interesting commentary

    today on what FREEDOM really means for most Americans : the freedom

    to  BUY - and with a pig's appetite for THINGS.

              Last night I was reading an interview with a Mafia hit man-

    a scary, cold blooded killer. He said he knew  RIGHT from Wrong. But

    he also knew the difference between  a nice pair of shoes and a cheap

    pair.

             Science, I understand, always seeks the simplest explanation

    for a phenomenon. When a toddler in  a store sees something he wants -but

    can't have - he just lets out a hair-raising scream. THAT is the state

    of the human soul in a capitalist society.

                 " Escape from Freedom ", by the socialist psychiatrist,

    Erich Fromm - inspired by  Marx and Freud - is still worth reading.

                 Democracy is a lot weaker than we think !