Left and Right converge on Economic Nationalism

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Wed Jun 23 21:35:46 PDT 1999


On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Henry C.K. Liu wrote:


>BTW, your observation about "Buchanan constantly uses "Goldman Sachs" as
>his synecdoche for Wall Street," is curious. He mentioned only Bob Rubin
>who together with Greenspan have personified US globalization. If you
>mean to suggest that as an example of Buchanan racism, it is a weak case
>(not becasue Buchanan is not a racist, more visible in his stand on
>immigration). Buchanan's support for Isreal is of long standing and
>unwavering.

Israel is supported unwaveringly by Christian Fundamentalists, one of Buchanan's constituencies. They believe the ingathering of the Jews into the promised land is a necessary prelude to Judgement Day.

Michael

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