FS & Praxis

[bob scheetz]

Jim,
     I think it's universally recognized the potus is a fool.  And that's
the measure of the contempt the ruling corporate class has for us masses.
Because of the liberal (laissez faire) nature of the system the style is not
classic, but the effect is unmistakably totalitarian.

bob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Rovira" <jrovira@drew.edu>
To: <frankfurt-school@lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: FS & Praxis


> Bob Scheetz said:
>
> > isn't marcuse confirmed as
> > never yet by this latest masterpiece of  "lib western democracy,"
fictitious
> > war, on fictitious grounds, for fictitious freedom, by a fictitious prez
> > with a real military power, propaganda apparatus and intelligence system
so
> > vast and irresistable as gives new meaning to the word, totalitarianism.
>
> Nah, we don't have a totalitarianism here by a longshot. Slightly over
(around
> 51%) half the country didn't vote for Bush the first time around, and I
expect
> it's going to be at least that close next year.
>
> Not wanting to denigrate the strength and potential threat of the real
military
> power, propoganda apparatus, and intelligence system, but it's far from
> omnipotent.
>
> Jim
>