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Doug Henwood wrote:
> Miles Jackson wrote:
>
>> Jim Devine wrote about my confusion concerning the ruling class:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's useful to distinguish between the "ruling class" and the
>>> "governing class" (or power elite) in order to clarify this.
>>
>>
>> So according to this terminology, Doug's interested in the psychology
>> of the governing class/power elite, not the ruling class. (It's
>> strange to me how fuzzy the concept "ruling class" is on a left-wing
>> mail list!)
>
>
> Hmm, that's not the way I'm thinking of it. I'm thinking of a
> politically engaged subset of the bourgeoisie who, with the help of
> hired hands (lobbyists, politicians, pundits, professors, publicists),
> control state policy and the production of ideology.
>
> Doug
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