[lbo-talk] Re: RE HOW THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT IS BLOWING IT:

John Mage jmage at panix.com
Sun Nov 2 13:19:15 PST 2003


Doug wrote in reply to Michael:

>> I'm not talking just about that. I'm talking about propping up all

>> the oil despots, who serve to keep "our" oil out of "their"

>> people's hands.

>

>

> I'm a little skeptical of this argument. If "they" got control of the

> oil, they'd still need to sell it to "us." They'd have a huge cash

> flow to deal with, and enormous temptations to siphon it off and/or

> invest it in London and New York. The material circumstances almost

> inevitably generate the incentives for a resource rentier class.

but they can be overthrown, perhaps one way to understand what is happening in Russia.

john mage



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