Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 13:21:59 +0000
From: James Heartfield <James-AT-heartfield.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: M-I: David Harvey on the Communist Manifesto


In message <3.0.3.32.19971101074139.006b3228-AT-pop.columbia.edu>, Louis
Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu> writes
>I can see further entries:
>
>Feudal reasoning:
>God has ordered the universe. Society consists of lords and serfs. In
>exchange for protection from theft and other crimes, the lord accepts a
>portion of the serf's agricultural output. The way things are are good
>because god has ordained it.
>
>Hunter and gatherer's reasoning:
>Our totem is the bear. He accepts our prayers and blesses our hunting. When
>we kill the deer, we divide the parts equally. We sacrifice the deer's
>heart to the bear god. This is good because nobody goes hungy as long as
>the bear god is happy.
>
>Neandrethal reasoning:
>GRUNT!!! GRRRR!!! UGGH!! Where latest copy of LIVING MARXISM? Gork has to
>go to bathroom and needs something to read.
>

Going even lower down the scale:

Proyect reasoning: I can see now that Heartfield was right all along,
but instead of admitting it I will throw a lot of insults around to see
if I can obscure my obvious embarrassment.
-- 
James Heartfield


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