From: uvj at vsnl.com
The question was specific to the US capitalism. The European and Japanese capitalisms have not found it necessary (or possible) to think of the rollback of the the entire framework of civil rights and the welfare state, if Chomsky is to be believed. Chomsky describes the US business as "the highly class-conscious business community, very Marxist in character, vulgar Marxist, fighting a bitter class war, and very aware of it. You read internal publications and its like reading Maoists pamphlets half the time." (Chomsky interview "Rollback" by David Barsamian).
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CB: Well, Comrade Chomsky, what does that tell you ? I'll tell you what it tells you: that Marxists (vulgar and fancy) are right about these characters.