[lbo-talk] ruling class

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Wed Mar 29 11:53:52 PST 2006


">'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.



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