tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post9103703604277114911..comments2024-03-28T14:47:11.132-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THE 1619 PROJECTRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-19010596789224914552019-08-28T10:39:30.643-04:002019-08-28T10:39:30.643-04:00Just a reminder that some of your readers are stil...Just a reminder that some of your readers are still awaiting your explanation of why the 1619 Project is telling "the wrong story." I say this seriously, not snarkily--would really love to hear your thoughts. Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-48358346505146619202019-08-26T13:41:15.352-04:002019-08-26T13:41:15.352-04:00I maybe should have just re-posted a comment I mad...I maybe should have just re-posted a comment I made on a different site, which I think was clearer and more precise. <br /><br />It's not the 1619 series PER SE, but the decision to publish such a series NOW, that makes me think that it is carrying water for the <b>corporate wing of the DNC</b>. <br /><br />The Times could have decided to publish a series about the devastation that neoliberalism has wrought across the country over the past 30 years, for example; but that wouldn't serve the interests of the 1% - who want a divided, atomised public, not a united, solidaristic one - nearly as much.<br /><br />This <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/aimeeterese/status/1165120339275173893" rel="nofollow">tweet</a> from a co-host of the "What is Left?" podcast makes my point in a much more pithy manner:<br /><br />"2016 Trump: make America great again <br /><br />2016 Hillary: America is already great <br /><br />2020 Democrats: Amerikkka has never been great<br /><br />What could possibly go wrong?"TheDudeDiogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613928663752680375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-10154621598710342222019-08-25T18:47:31.425-04:002019-08-25T18:47:31.425-04:00I will post an explanation tomorrowI will post an explanation tomorrowRobert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-20945785691990774622019-08-25T16:46:20.871-04:002019-08-25T16:46:20.871-04:00I read the book, but I’ll be damned if I can remem...I read the book, but I’ll be damned if I can remember why it’s the wrong story. Hints?Tom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.com