File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1997/marxism-thaxis.9712, message 194


Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 15:56:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Gerald Levy <glevy-AT-pratt.edu>
Subject: Re: M-TH: All Work and No Play? No Way!


Doug Henwood wrote:

> So Wall Street bigwigs and Fortune 500 CEOs aren't the real bourgies? The
> real ones are the luxury-addled, self-indulgent heirs to old fortunes?

You were the one who was making bold assertions about "real" bourgies.
Last time I checked, conspicuous consumption was still alive and well in
that class (despite the existence of a sub-layer of "workaholics").

Jerry



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