GM for AA

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi:
> > ...
> > My remarks above weren't intended to explain GM's brief in support of
> > affirmative action at U of Michigan.  I just think that big
> > businesses wouldn't support affirmative action if AA meant that the
> > government would impose _quotas_ on corps, thus threatening
> > management freedom.
> > ...
>
>Let us assume that big businesses -- Capital -- collectively
>control the government for most practical purposes.  In that
>case, Affirmative Action could be used to further Capital's
>perceived interests.  It might be worthwhile to give up some
>managerial freedom in order to obtain these benefits,
>whatever they might be (manipulating racial identity and
>tension, or beheading or infiltrating minority communities,
>for example).
>
>In any case, the University of Michigan represents a different
>segment of the bourgeoisie from corporate leadership and, as
>Machiavelli observed, while it is seldom good to give away
>one's own stuff, giving away _someone_else's_ stuff is often
>quite advantageous.

Between GM + U of Michigan and the Center for Individual Rights, I'd 
choose GM + U of Michigan.  No brainer!

Yoshie