tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post750480556376853..comments2024-02-11T06:00:30.938-07:00Comments on Skeptical Eye: A decent leftist diesNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-66328248014608868802010-01-28T00:08:11.069-07:002010-01-28T00:08:11.069-07:00... and he knew a damn lot about not only history,...... and he knew a damn lot about not only history, but why history happened.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-60639396533297416462010-01-27T23:24:42.134-07:002010-01-27T23:24:42.134-07:00Ginx is right. It is a very real loss. Howard Zinn...Ginx is right. It is a very real loss. Howard Zinn will be greatly missed. He was 87, so he certainly lived a long life as human lifespans go (and they sure aren't long enough). <br /><br />He recognized something very important that most liberals and conservatives miss, and that is the true nature of the so-called "capitalist" system, which is really a state supported system of privilege, having little to do with actual free markets.<br /><br />No, he was no free market libertarian, but he was honest in his opposition to the corrupt amalgam of government and corporate power that currently dominates all our lives.Hatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110300377626925751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-12113475225340955622010-01-27T22:06:37.698-07:002010-01-27T22:06:37.698-07:00My wife mentioned this to me right before we watch...My wife mentioned this to me right before we watched Obama's address tonight. I was like "Is he the guy who did the Standford Prison experiments?" Damn Z names.<br /><br />It is a true loss.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.com