Your front page headline, December 14: " DePetro protest expands ". I don't see Depetro setting a new , unacceptable low for reactionary talk radio in Rhode Island. If this campaign of dubious liberals and phony " friends of labor " Democrats succeeds in getting the daffy " Independent Man " fired , the capitalist owners of his radio station WPRO will replace him with Depetro-Light. It would make more sense for offended " progressive " listeners to demand more uninterrupted air-time not controlled by the right-wing talk show host. The Left seems to forget this truth: the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class. To be sure, American fascism could have fine manners and polite speech.
For years now " political correctness "- a diversion from the class war- has been putting a big chill on public debate. Isn't it important to know what very many people really think and feel about controversial issues ? Should not even genuine " hate " be allowed to vent ? It seems that even bourgeois democracy is fading in the lands of Western Civilization. Both the Left and the Right distrust the common people. Free minds do not fear ideas . Truth itself is revolutionary !
Monday, December 16, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
A haughty attitude toward low wage workers
I listened with disgust Thursday ( Nov. 5 ) as our Talk-Radio reactionaries commented on this nation wide protest against poverty wages in the fast food industry. These two bit, bought and sold celebrities never fail to show a haughty disdain for th
e struggles of ordinary working class people- not for the " good life " but for basic human dignity.
They all accept without question the ruling class lie of wealth creation. As if Mother Nature created plutocrats to lord over the common people. Real economic science deals with objectively measurable quantities like resources, technology and
labor time. It does not -in the spirit of superstition- recognize the Magic of the Rich & Famous. Even talent in all its forms can be reduced to training time and calories. The finest brain is powered by the energy equivalent of a dull light bulb.
In a socialist society any talent for exploitation and lying will be discouraged. To be sure !
e struggles of ordinary working class people- not for the " good life " but for basic human dignity.
They all accept without question the ruling class lie of wealth creation. As if Mother Nature created plutocrats to lord over the common people. Real economic science deals with objectively measurable quantities like resources, technology and
labor time. It does not -in the spirit of superstition- recognize the Magic of the Rich & Famous. Even talent in all its forms can be reduced to training time and calories. The finest brain is powered by the energy equivalent of a dull light bulb.
In a socialist society any talent for exploitation and lying will be discouraged. To be sure !
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