Tuesday, September 23, 2008

re: David Brooks "The Establishment Lives!"

fr: http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2008/09/23/opinion/23brooks.html

September 23rd, 2008 8:24 am
Mr. Brooks,

One must be careful for what they wish. A la Dr. Frankenstein you are right about the establishment - "It Lives!" The question of course is what kind of beast will it morph into? With Bush as Igor, and with Paulson as the good mad Doctor - one can see a future narrative fraught with problems.

As Marx one said: "Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state." Problem is, when one's material state is threatened it often gives rise to reactionary ideas. Beware the conjurers of such ideas, as rarely do they have anyone's interests but their own at heart!

— BeerBellyBuddah, Wpg., Canada

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