Vote.com depressing outcomes

[Lawrence]

> To me this 4% showing against the war mongers is more disheartening
> than the entire past week of events.  Since I'm certain that Gallup
> did not only poll the ruling class, a majority of the 92% in favor of
> retaliation are likely working class Americans.  So while some
> subscribers on this list may think that the working class is going to
> create some vital change in the world, that seems a more distant hope
> than ever in the USA.  All it takes is good old fashioned nationalism
> to convert them all to ruling class ideologies.

The working class in America is wealthier than 94% of the human race. I've
always found it suspect to think of them as an unconflicted force for social
change. From an international perspective, they have much to lose. The
status quo, for them, is not good, but could be much worse.

I wish I still had a copy of Franz Fanon's book The Wretched of the Earth.
Sartre wrote an introduction for that book in which he spoke to this issue,
but I can't remember the words, it's been at least 10 years since I read it.
I remember the idea was something like "What was the debate between
capitalism and socialism in the West but an argument among theives over how
to divide the spoils" but I don't remember the exact words.