Japan

[Brad Mayer]

Opps, I didn't see this part...   I agree that the rulers of Japan have 
been edging toward so-called "neoliberialism" (a misnomer in my book), 
except you might be surprised to find out that an important sector of the 
state bureaucracy is in the vanguard of this, not the capitalists.  This 
would be in keeping with a world wide pattern as of late, especially in 
regard to China, The former Soviet republics, and E. Eurpoe.  Hence why I 
see "neoliberalism' as misnomer - its more like "market bureaucracy" to me.

But, before you can have Clinton, you have to have Thatcher/Reagan - you 
can't just drop a Japanese Clinton into place.

Instead you have the Japan Democratic Party, recently formed and untested 
in government.  It's an open question whether this formation could survive 
intact.

-Brad Mayer
Oakland, CA

At 12:10 AM 3/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Sure, but in the current moment, US neoliberalism has positioned itself as
>the _alternative_  to Japanese reaction--and with that, more and more of the
>Japanese bourgeoisie and media are beginning to agree. They are waiting for
>their Japanese Clinton, and in a certain way, you can understand why.
>
>
>Christian