[lbo-talk] The Empire's Freedom

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Fri Nov 4 12:02:03 PST 2005


PS:

RE:


> There is a reason governments - even those which pay obiesance to the
> Austrian school - are so reluctant to take such extreme measures these
days.
> It isn't something as dramatic as a fear of social revolution, although
that
> possibility will always haunt propertied classes. The threat of being
voted
> out of office is usually sufficient to make even the most reactionary
> politicians hesitate. Notice Bush rushing ahead to privatize social
security
> and medicare? Why can't the forces he represents "do what they want
without
> getting much public support" as you claim they can?

Obviously, they cannot do whatever they want and that is not what I am arguing. What I am arguing is that they usually have a better chance to prevail over non-elite in case of conflict, and that this chance looks particularly good nowadays.

Wojtek



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