SLSL Intro "Chicago School"

[Richard Fiero]

jbor wrote:
>on 10/11/02 10:47 AM, barbara100 at jps.net at barbara100 at jps.net wrote:
>
> > I might agree with you but for the "way of communication 
> between the groups"
> > statement.
>
>I read it that he's saying that there were class barriers "in the way of"
>(i.e. obstructing) communication between the two groups. A great many of the
>student radicals were from wealthy middle-class and upper-class families (as
>Pynchon was). The other criticism he makes (bottom of p.9) has to do with
>the ageism which was implicit in the Beat and hippie movements, which also
>excluded and alienated many of the "blue-collar" left.
>
>best

I've no understanding of the concepts here. First of all, 
any-color-collar-workers are stakeholders in the status quo and 
wish to preserve it. It makes no sense to talk about a failure 
due to lack of communication. What 'failure' and what sort of 
communication and what in the world would that communication be 
about? Secondly, the charge of ageism cannot be supported. 
There are no examples. There are plenty of counter-examples. A 
twenty-six year old seems old to a seventeen year old. jbor is 
dreaming. Isn't the author talking about Puer Aeternis?