Domhoff on the Ruling Class

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Aug 19 07:55:44 PDT 2002


billbartlett at dodo.com.au wrote:


>From this letter, it seems William Domhoff is basing his conception
>of the ruling class on the idea that such a class rules politically.
>Of course the capitalist ruling class rules economically. Any formal
>or informal political or social connections are merely incidental,
>such links are not the basis for their power.

No class could rule "economically" without the backing of a state - to repress dissent, enforce contracts, regulate money. I'm surprised you could claim to the contrary.

Doug



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