tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post4965099195944532440..comments2024-03-26T05:19:30.411-04:00Comments on PA Editors Blog: Happy Fourth of JulyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-28809753557511404492008-07-06T18:15:00.000-04:002008-07-06T18:15:00.000-04:00We can't gregory, but we always have the problem i...We can't gregory, but we always have the problem in the U.S. of fighting ruling class ideologies that make "America" and the "American way" as the "right" of every individual to get as rich as possible without any interference from public authorities, even though once people are victimized by the consequences of the rich, they complain about it. We were entirely on the same page.<BR/>Thanks anonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-15001231337484332992008-07-06T13:57:00.000-04:002008-07-06T13:57:00.000-04:00I hope you mean the American Revolution of 1776 NO...I hope you mean the American Revolution of 1776 NOT 1976-- I missed that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-92089140406785499072008-07-05T17:59:00.000-04:002008-07-05T17:59:00.000-04:00Norman,It seems like we were on the same page, hit...Norman,<BR/><BR/>It seems like we were on the same page, hitting at the same basic theme. Though your post is far richer in historical content. I'm very impressed by the case you make for the continuity of the American revolutionary tradition. I've been thinking a lot about discourses that the right (wrongly) dominates. Patriotism and values are two of the main ones. Too many of us on the left Brer Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134875180584921689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-68946226868306904092008-07-05T13:39:00.000-04:002008-07-05T13:39:00.000-04:00right on Gregory. Patriotism and "nationalism" ar...right on Gregory. Patriotism and "nationalism" aren't the same thing although they are often confused. Patriotism means love of country and its people and culture. Nationalism at least as it has been associated with the right means love of coercive majorities, ruling classes, the status quo, and identification of the nation with the existing social order. That is why, as I said in my blog Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-1672673909340753762008-07-04T23:04:00.000-04:002008-07-04T23:04:00.000-04:00Happy Independence Day to the working class.The Bo...Happy Independence Day to the working class.<BR/><BR/>The Boss in Spain<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB2GKVGU_XkDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040479493392683946noreply@blogger.com