[lbo-talk] ruling class

[Charles Brown]

">'Ruling class' is a badly loaded phrase, 'Class' is an economic term;
>'rule' a political one. The phrase, 'ruling class,' thus contains the
>theory that an economic class rules politically. ..."

^^^^
CB: This sounds backward. Exactly what we want is something that combines
the notion of an economic class with a funciton of political rule, an
economic class that dominates the state power. "ruling class" is perfectly
"loaded". That's why Marx wrote in political economy.