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Capitalists will always try to co-opt you. You have to be able to co-opt them.
March 1, 1971
“Every revolution’s got to have its gunrunners...” - Jim Fouratt, Goddard College, Vermont, June 1970 I
On the night of the Woodstock premiere, Fred Weintraub, Warner Brothers Vice-President in Charge of Creative Services, was a bit uneasy about the degree of enthusiasm with which the audience would greet the film. He wasn’t taking the bomb threats seriously, mind you, but he asked Lieutenant O’Neil — just kidding around, you know — whether there was a way to keep anyboby from walking out after only a few minutes. Not that there’s much of a likelihood, of course, but you can never be too —