Doug Henwood wrote:
> Brad De Long wrote:
>
> >Of course I support the broad outlines of U.S. occupation policy in
> >Japan. It appears to have worked damned well--unless you think
> >freedom of speech, regular elections, and material prosperity are
> >bad things.
>
> So a "liberal" order always rests on a founding coercion?
Come now Doug. Do you know of any "order" (liberal, reactionary, what have you) at any time or place that did not rest on a founding coercion. Marx makes the point in the *Grundrisse* about land tenure resting on military occupation.
Carrol