[lbo-talk] ruling class

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 29 18:49:12 PST 2006


Bill Bartlett wrote:


>At 6:50 PM -0500 29/3/06, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>>The capitalist class is a ruling class because it has a monopoly
>>>on this economic power, not because it has a monopoly on political
>>>power.
>>
>>No state = no contracts, no money, no cops, no army. Try ruling
>>without those things.
>
>Sure, but what's your point exactly?

That your point is bogus. Economic power is impossible without state power.

Doug



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