[lbo-talk] Re: Anybody But Bush for Empire

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at dodo.com.au
Sat Nov 15 21:50:27 PST 2003


At 11:05 PM -0500 15/11/03, Doug Henwood wrote:


>And the minority of capital can rule the majority of labor because
>they're well-organized politically as a class and essentially run
>the state.

No. This is a terrible mistake. The capitalist class rule economically, not politically. Their political power is fundamentally weak, however while the economy is ruled by them there is, as they say, no alternative politically. So they rule politically only by default, because there is no alternative under capitalism. TINA is their weakness, not their strength.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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