15-08-2011, 03:36 AM
Right Ed, the "new left" was the 60s and the hippie part was basically apolitical. Side by side with the hippies were the New Left Marxists like SDS etc. As far as diverting attention from secret societies I don't think that is what I am doing because in effect in this country you have to function in a secret society sort of way if you are a communist/Marxist/socialist. If you want to work you have to live 2 lives. Of course there are exceptions.
Ed Jewett Wrote:I guess, Gary, because Marxism didn't seem right for the left I was in. Or maybe I wasn't in the old left, maybe it was the left of the late 60's that morphed into a job, a career of sorts, marriage, parenthood, etc., during which there was little room left for grand debates about political philosophy. Maybe your left is far more left or extremist than the left I thought I was in. I didn't and don't subscribe to aggressive or violent actions, or even dialogue.
Is it that you want me to be a socialist or Marxist? Are you a socialist or Marxist?
Is it your purpose to divert the thread or my attention (or that of others) from the discussion of secret societies and their historical role? Is this content matter off limits as other content matter is off limits in other places and times?