>Surely we can have a more sophisticated theory of politics than
>that. Even 154 years ago, Charlie and Freddie were writing that the
>"executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for
>managing the affairs of the bourgeoisie"--leaving the possibility
>that the legislature of the modern state, especially a
>democratically-elected legislature, might well be something else...
Right. Checked out the U.S. Congress lately?
Doug