[Peace-discuss] Mahajan on Stewart/Cramer

[David Green]

http://www.empirenotes.org/

Even Stewart’s potentially deepest criticism remains mired in his centrist muddle. He criticizes financial TV for “Selling this idea that you don’t have to do anything, … you’ll get 10 to 20 percent on your money, … When are we going to realize in this country that our wealth is work.”

Assuming that Stewart has not independently come to believe in the labor theory of value, he seems to be unclear on the “capital” part of “capitalism.” What exactly does he think it involves but making money by having money?

I’m not really criticizing Stewart, I suppose, but pointing out how much is lost by the abdication of social commentary to him and his like.



      
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