Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 08:27:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Louis N Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Has Levy run out of ideas?


On Sat, 2 Mar 1996 glevy-AT-acnet.pratt.edu wrote:

> I never claimed that I received authorization. However, I have the right 
> to tell people to get lost [in cuber-space].
> 
> As for Louis, I don't know what he wants in this regard. His position 
> seems to be changing daily (perhaps hourly). For example, yesterday (?) 
> he supports Ralph. Now, ....
> 

Louis: Yes, when I did this I was wrong. I get annoyed with PCP supporters 
like the rest of people on this list who tend to identify with Trotsky on 
historical questions. I have learned, however, to avoid political 
confrontations with them since there is nothing to be gained. However, 
when I did attempt a political confrontation, I at least took the trouble 
to present some useful information about China in the 1920s. You on the 
other hand seem incapable of anything but intemperate outbursts. This is 
a clear sign of intellectual weakness and, worse, a kind of immaturity 
that is shocking in a 42 year old man. 

Jerry Levy seems to have run out of things to say on anything except 
netiquette. He is somebody who has read every book on political economy 
that has been written, but never contributes anything on this topic.
He took a brief sniff at the topic of crisis but quickly handed it back 
to the waiter.

He complained about the level of discussion in the fascism cyberseminar 
but apparently has nothing to contribute himself. Does Jerry read a 
newspaper? There is a lot of discussion about the Buchanan campaign. What 
does he, as a Marxist, have to say?

I view Jerry as a disruptive element right now. He is much more of a 
threat to this list than any Maoist. I may disagree with their politics, 
but at least they are saying something political. Jerry, on the other 
hand, is simply burned out. He is bored with politics, history and 
economics but loves to stir things up on basically non-political topics.

This is somebody who teaches economics on a college level for a living. 
What a sad comment this is on the state of academia.






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